U+1F70 "ὰ" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Varia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1F70 "ὰ" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Varia is a precomposed character used in polytonic Greek orthography, representing the lowercase alpha (α) combined with a varia, or grave accent, that historically indicated a falling pitch in ancient Greek pronunciation. This character is distinct from a simple alpha with a combining grave accent, as it is encoded as a single unit for compatibility with legacy Greek text and is primarily utilized in scholarly, liturgical, or linguistic contexts to accurately represent ancient Greek prosody.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1F70
Name
Greek Small Letter Alpha with Varia
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ὰ
HTML Hex Encoding
ὰ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBD 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1F70
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001F70
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1f70
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Greek