Appendix:Variations of "a"

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The letter ‹a› is subject to a wide range of variations through the addition of diacritics, ligatures, capitalization, punctuation, use as a suffix or prefix, and use in different scripts. These include:

Plain characters

• A (capital)
  • modifier form: ᴬ
• a (small)
  • modifier form: ᵃ
  • combining form: ◌ͣ
  • subscript form: ₐ
• ᴀ (small capital)

Character variants

	regular	bold	italic	bold italic
serif		𝐀 𝐚	𝐴 𝑎	𝑨 𝒂
sans-serif	𝖠 𝖺	𝗔 𝗮	𝘈 𝘢	𝘼 𝙖
double-struck	𝔸 𝕒
monospace	𝙰 𝚊
script	𝒜 𝒶	𝓐 𝓪
fraktur	𝔄 𝔞	𝕬 𝖆
fullwidth	Ａ ａ

Addition of punctuation marks and symbols

• a'
• A*
• A+
• a+
• à +
• A-
• a-
• A.
• a.
• A꞉
• a꞉
• A·
• a·
• Aʼ
• aʼ
• ʼa
• A−
• A♭
• A♯
• 'a
• 'a'
• (A)
• -a
• -a-
• -a'
• -aʼ
• a=
• a'-
• a·-
• aʼ-
• ʻa-
• ʼa-
• -ʼAʼ
• -ʼaʼ
• Aꝰ

Addition of numbers

• A 1
• A-1
• a1
• A1
• a2
• A2
• a3
• A3
• a4
• A4
• a5
• A5
• A6
• A7
• A8
• A9
• A10
• 1a
• 1:a

Characters with diacritics

• Á á (with acute; precomposed)
  • Ą́ ą́ (with acute and ogonek)
• Ă ă (with breve; precomposed)
  • Ặ ặ (with breve and dot below; precomposed)
  • Ằ ằ (with breve and grave; precomposed)
• Ȃ ȃ (with inverted breve; precomposed)
• Ǎ ǎ (with caron; precomposed)
• Â â (with circumflex; precomposed)
  • Ấ ấ (with circumflex and acute; precomposed)
  • Ậ ậ (with circumflex and dot below; precomposed)
  • Ầ ầ (with circumflex and grave; precomposed)
  • Ẩ ẩ (with circumflex and hook above; precomposed)
• Ä ä (with diaeresis; precomposed; combining form: ◌ᷲ)
  • Ǟ ǟ (with diaeresis and macron; precomposed)
  • Ā̈ ā̈ (with macron and diaeresis)
• Ȧ ȧ (with dot above; precomposed)
  • Ǡ ǡ (with dot above and macron; precomposed)
• Ạ ạ (with dot below; precomposed)
• À à (with grave; precomposed)
• Ȁ ȁ (with double grave; precomposed)
• Ả ả (with hook above; precomposed)
  • Ẳ ẳ (with hook and breve; precomposed)
• Ā ā (with macron; precomposed)
  • Ą̄ ą̄ (with macron and ogonek)
• A̱ a̱ (with macron below)
• Ą ą (with ogonek; precomposed)
• Å å (with ring above; precomposed)
  • Ǻ ǻ (with ring above and acute; precomposed)
  • Å̄ å̄ (with ring above and macron)
  • Ą̊ ą̊ (with ring above and ogonek)
• Ḁ ḁ (with ring below; precomposed)
• Ã ã (with tilde; precomposed)
  • Ẵ ẵ (with tilde and breve; precomposed)
  • Ą̃ ą̃ (with tilde and ogonek)
• Aͤ aͤ (with combining ‹e› above)
• Ꞻ ꞻ (glottal a; precomposed)
• ẚ (small, with right half-ring; precomposed)
• ᶏ (small, with retroflex hook; precomposed)

Addition of punctuation marks and symbols

• ā-
• ʻā-
• -à
• -á
• -á-
• á-
• ʼá-
• -ʼÁ
• -ʼá
• -â
• ä.
• -ä
• -ã
• ʻā
• -ă
• -ǎ
• -ǎ-
• a̱-
• -ʼĄ́
• -ʼą́

Ligatures

• Ꜳ ꜳ (modifier form: 𐞀)
• Æ æ (combining form: ◌ᷔ)
  • Ǽ ǽ (with acute)
  • Ǣ ǣ (with macron)
  • ᴁ (small capital; modifier form: ᴭ)
  • ᴂ (small, turned; modifier form: ᵆ)
• Ꜵ ꜵ (combining form: ◌ᷕ)
• Ꜷ ꜷ
• Ꜹ ꜹ (combining form: ◌ᷖ)
  • Ꜻ ꜻ (with horizontal bar)
• Ꜽ ꜽ
• ꬱ (small)

Related Latin-script characters

• Ɐ ɐ (turned a; small capital form: )
• Ɤ ɤ (ram's horn; modifier form: 𐞑)
• Ɑ ɑ (Latin alpha; modifier form: ᵅ)
  • Ɒ ɒ (turned; modifier form: ᶛ)
  • ꭤ (small, inverted)
  • ꬰ (small, barred)
  • ᶐ (small, with retroflex hook)
• Ꞛ ꞛ (Volapük letter ae)
• ◌ᷓ (combining flattened open A above)

Similarly-shaped characters

Characters with shape similar to ‹A›

• Α (Greek letter capital alpha)
• А (Cyrillic letter capital a)
• ꓮ (Lisu letter a)
• 𖬮 (Pahawh Hmong letter xau)
• Ꭺ ꭺ (Cherokee letter go)
• 𐤠 (Lycian letter a)
• Ꭿ (Cherokee letter hi)
• 𐌀 (Old Italic letter a)
• 𖹬 (Medefaidrin small letter k)
• 𞤏 𞤱 (Adlam letter waw)
• 𞠭 (Mende Kikakui syllable M178 en)
• 𞠟 (Mende Kikakui syllable M097 be)
• 𠔀 (CJK unified ideograph 20500)
• 𘯪 (Khitan small script character 18BEA)
• 𘠹 (Tangut component-058)
• 凡 (CJK unified ideograph 51E1)
• 𠁽 (CJK unified ideograph 2007D)
• 𖼜 (Pollard letter tlhya)
• 丸 (CJK unified ideograph 4E38)
• 𝈤 (Greek instrumental notation symbol-12)
• 𒿢 (Cypro-Minoan sign CM097)
• 𠔼 (CJK unified ideograph 2053C)
• 𘮺 (Khitan small script character 18BBA)
• 𘮸 (Khitan small script character 18BB8)
• 𝈵 (Greek instrumental notation symbol-39)
• Δ (Greek capital delta)
• Ⲇ ⲇ (Coptic letter delta)
• 𐊅 (Lycian letter d)
• ꕔ (Vai syllable kpa)
• Ѧ ѧ (Cyrillic letter little yus)
• Ⱑ ⱑ (Glagolitic letter yati)
• Λ (Greek letter capital lambda)
• 𐊍 (Lycian letter l)
• ꓥ (Lisu letter nga)
• 𞊭 (Toto letter a)
• Ꮑ (Cherokee letter ne)
• 人 (CJK unified ideograph 4EBA)

Characters with shape similar to ‹a›

• а (Cyrillic letter small a)
• Ⲁ ⲁ (Coptic letter alpha)
• 𐌳 (Gothic letter dags)

Non-Latin scripts

Characters used to represent sounds related to ‹A›

• Adlam: 𞤀
• Ahom: 𑜒, ◌𑜠 (a), ◌𑜡 (ā)
• Arabic: ◌َ (a), ◌َا (ā), آ (ʔā)
• Armenian: Ա ա
• Avestan: 𐬀 (a), 𐬁 (aa)
• Balinese: ᬅ (a), ᬆ (ā)
• Bamum: ꚠ
• Batak: ᯀ
• Baybayin: ᜀ
• Bengali: অ (a), আ (ā)
• Bhaiksuki: 𑰀 (a), 𑰁 (ā)
• Brahmi: 𑀅 (a), 𑀆 (ā)
• Buginese: ᨕ
• Buhid: ᝀ
• Burmese: အ (a.), အား (a:)
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics:
  • ᐊ (Cree, Ojibwe, various Northern Athabaskan languages, Inuktitut)
  • ᖳ (Blackfoot)
• Carian: 𐊠
• Caucasian Albanian: 𐔰
• Chakma: 𑄃
• Cham: ꨀ
• Cherokee: Ꭰ ꭰ
• Chorasmian: 𐾰/𐾱 (small)
• Coptic: Ⲁ ⲁ
• Cuneiform: 𒀀
• Cypriot: 𐠀
• Cyrillic: А а
• Deseret: 𐐈 (A) 𐐰 (a); 𐐂 (Ā) 𐐪 (ā)
• Devanagari: अ (a), आ (ā) (combining: ा)
• Dhives Akuru: 𑤀 (a), 𑤁 (ā)
• Dogra: 𑠀 (a), 𑠁 (ā)
• Elbasan: 𐔀
• Elymaic: 𐿠
• Garay: 𐵐 𐵰
• Ge'ez: አ (ʾä), ኣ (ʾa)
• Georgian:
  • Mkhedruli: ა
  • Asomtavruli: Ⴀ
  • Nuskhuri: ⴀ
• Glagolitic: Ⰰ ⰰ
• Gothic: 𐌰
• Grantha: 𑌅 (a), 𑌆 (ā)
• Greek: Α α
• Gujarati: અ (a), આ (ā)
• Gunjala Gondi: 𑵠 (a), 𑵡 (ā)
• Gurmukhi: ਅ (a), ਆ (ā)
• Hanifi Rohingya: 𐴀, 𐴝
• Hanunoo: ᜠ
• Hatran: 𐢀
• Hebrew: אַ (combining: ◌ַ), אֲ (combining: ◌ֲ)
• Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀
• Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠
• Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀
• Japanese:
  • Hentaigana: 𛀂, 𛀅, 𛀃, 𛀄
  • Hiragana: あ
  • Katakana: ア
• Javanese: ꦄ
• Kaithi: 𑂃 (a), 𑂄 (ā)
• Kannada: ಅ (a), ಆ (ā)
• Kawi: 𑼄 (a), 𑼅 (ā)
• Kayah Li: ꤢ
• Kharoshthi: 𐨀
• Khmer: អ (ʼɑɑ), អា (ʼaa)
• Khojki: 𑈀 (a), 𑈁 (ā)
• Khudabadi: 𑊰 (a), 𑊱 (ā)
• Korean: ㅏ (letter), 아 (syllable a)
• Lao: ◌ະ (a), ◌າ (aa)
• Lepcha: ᰣ
• Limbu: ◌ᤠ
• Linear B: 𐀀
• Lisu: ꓮ (ɑ)
• Lycian: 𐊀
• Lydian: 𐤠
• Mahajani: 𑅐
• Makasar: 𑻱
• Malayalam: അ (a), ആ (ā)
• Manichaean: 𐫀 (ʾ)
• Marchen: 𑲏 (a), 𑲈 (ā)
• Masaram Gondi: 𑴀 (a), 𑴁 (ā)
• Meetei Mayek: ꯑ
• Meroitic: 𐦠
• Modi: 𑘀 (a), 𑘁 (ā)
• Mongolian: ᠠ (a)
• Multani: 𑊀
• Nabataean: 𐢁/𐢀 (final)
• Nandinagari: 𑦠 (a), 𑦡 (ā)
• Newa: 𑐀 (a), 𑐁 (ā)
• N'ko: ߊ
• Ogham: ᚐ
• Old Hungarian: 𐲀 𐳀 (a); 𐲁, 𐳁 (aa)
• Old Italic: 𐌀 (a)
• Old North Arabian: 𐪑 (ʾ)
• Old Persian: 𐎠
• Old Sogdian: 𐼀/𐼁
• Old South Arabian: 𐩱 (ʾ)
• Old Turkic: 𐰀 (a); 𐰁 (a), 𐰂 (ä)
• Old Uyghur: 𐽰
• Odia: ଅ (a), ଆ (ā)
• Osage: 𐒰
• Osmanya: 𐒖 (a), 𐒛 (ā)
• Pahawh Hmong: 𖬖 (a), 𖬚 (aa)
• Palmyrene: 𐡠
• Pau Cin Hau: 𑫕
• Phags-pa: ꡝ
• Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮀
• Rejang: ꥆ
• Runic:
  • ᚨ (Elder Futhark)
  • ᚪ, ᚫ (Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc)
• Saurashtra: ꢂ
• Sharada: 𑆃 (a), 𑆄 (ā)
• Shavian: 𐑭 (/ɑː/), 𐑨 (/æ/)
• Siddham: 𑖀 (a), 𑖁 (ā)
• Sinhala: අ (a), ආ (ā)
• Sogdian: 𐼰
• Sorang Sompeng: 𑃢
• Soyombo: 𑩐
• Sundanese: ᮃ
• Sunuwar: 𑯈 (a), 𑯖 (ā)
• Syloti Nagri: ꠀ
• Syriac: ܐ
• Tagbanwa: ᝠ
• Tai Nüa: ᥣ
• Tai Tham: ᩋ
• Tai Viet: ꪱ
• Takri: 𑚀 (a), 𑚁 (ā)
• Tamil: அ (“a”), ஆ (ā)
• Telugu: అ
• Thai: ◌ะ (a), ◌า (aa)
• Tibetan: ཨ (a)
• Tifinagh: ⴰ
• Tirhuta: 𑒁 (a), 𑒂 (ā)
• Todhri: 𐗀 (𐗀)
• Tolong Siki: 𑶴 (a), 𑶵 (ā)
• Tulu-Tigalari: 𑎀 (a), 𑎁 (ā)
• Ugaritic: 𐎀
• Vai: ꕉ
• Varang Kshiti: 𑢡, 𑣁
• Vithkuqi: 𐕰, 𐖗
• Yezidi: 𐺀
• Yi: ꀊ
• Zanabazar Square: 𑨀
• Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄚ

Symbols

• ℀
• ℁
• ⅍
• ª
• ㏂
• ㏟
• @
• ₳
• ∀
• Ⓐ, ⓐ
• 🅐
• ⍺
• 🄰
• 🅰
• 🆎
• ㍳
• 🄐, ⒜ (parenthesized)

Other encodings

Other representations of A:

NATO phonetic: Alpha Morse code: ·– Braille: ⠁ ASL Manual: A

Signal flag:

Semaphore: