U+1FB3 "" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Ypogegrammeni Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+1FB3 "" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Ypogegrammeni is a composite glyph used in the polytonic orthography of the Greek language, representing the alpha vowel combined with an iota subscript (a small iota written underneath the letter). This character typically appears in ancient or liturgical texts to indicate a long diphthong or a specific grammatical context, such as in the dative case of certain nouns. It is distinct from a simple alpha because the ypogegrammeni (meaning "underwritten") marks a historical iota that is no longer pronounced in modern Greek but remains important for proper textual representation and scholarly accuracy.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᾳ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᾳ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBE 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1FB3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001FB3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1fb3