Unicode Character "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef

Unicode Version 15.1

ا

Summary

The unicode character "ا" at code point U+0627 is Arabic Letter Alef. It is a character in the Arabic block and is part of the Arabic script. The character is an other letter. The UTF-8 encoding of "ا" is 0xD8 0xA7 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0627.

General Properties

Code Point U+0627
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Alef
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ا
HTML Hex Encoding ا
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD8 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0627
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000627
C/C++/Java Escape \u0627

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Right Joining
Joining Group Alef
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter