Latin Small Letter A
Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126
On Windows, hold Alt and type 97 on the numeric keypad to insert latin small letter a.
- Alt code
- Alt+97
- HTML entity
- a
- Unicode
- U+0061
About this symbol
The lowercase a has two shapes: the printed double-storey a, with a hook over the bowl, and the single-storey ɑ that most people write by hand and that children learn first. Both grew from the same Roman letter through centuries of quick handwriting.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- LATIN SMALL LETTER A
- Type
- Lowercase letter
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- Lowercase Latin alphabet
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Related
- ɑ Latin Small Letter Alpha U+0251
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.