U+A73A "" Latin Capital Letter Av with Horizontal Bar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+A73A "" Latin Capital Letter Av with Horizontal Bar is a specialized letter used primarily in medievalist and phonetic transcriptions of Old Norse and other early Germanic languages, where it represents a distinct vowel sound, often a long or open variant of the letter "av." This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and is formed by adding a horizontal bar across the top of a capital "A" and "V" ligature, serving as a typographic tool for historical and linguistic accuracy in scholarly texts. Its usage is limited but crucial for preserving the precise orthography of ancient manuscripts and reconstructed pronunciations.

General Properties

Code Point
U+A73A
Name
Latin Capital Letter Av with Horizontal Bar

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ꜻ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ꜻ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9C 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA73A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A73A
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua73a