U+0100 "Ā" Latin Capital Letter A with Macron Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Ā
Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+0100 "Ā" Latin Capital Letter A with Macron is a standard character used primarily in the orthographies of several languages, including Latvian, Māori, and Hawaiian, to indicate a long vowel sound through the macron diacritic placed above the letter A. It belongs to the Latin Extended-A block and has a lowercase counterpart, 'ā' (U+0101), which represents the same sound in lower case. In digital text, this character is essential for accurate spelling and pronunciation in these languages, ensuring that the extended vowel length is clearly distinguished from its short counterpart.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0100
Name
Latin Capital Letter A with Macron
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Capital Letter A Macron

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ā
HTML Hex Encoding
Ā
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC4 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0100
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000100
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0100