# ǎ U+01CE LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CARON

Lowercase a with a caron (v-shaped háček) above, marking the third, dipping tone in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin romanization.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ǎ` |
| Codepoint | U+01CE |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CARON |
| Block | [Latin Extended-B](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-b) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#462;` `&#x1CE;` |
| CSS | `\1CE` |
| JavaScript | `\u01CE` |
| UTF-8 | C7 8E |
| UTF-16 | 01CE |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0061 U+030C |

## Notes

- Pinyin third tone

## Related characters

- Ǎ [U+01CD LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01CD)
- Ǐ [U+01CF LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01CF)
- ǌ [U+01CC LATIN SMALL LETTER NJ](https://unicodekit.com/char/01CC)
- ǐ [U+01D0 LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01D0)
- ǋ [U+01CB LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH SMALL LETTER J](https://unicodekit.com/char/01CB)
- Ǒ [U+01D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01D1)
- Ǌ [U+01CA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER NJ](https://unicodekit.com/char/01CA)
- ǒ [U+01D2 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01D2)
- ǉ [U+01C9 LATIN SMALL LETTER LJ](https://unicodekit.com/char/01C9)
- Ǔ [U+01D3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01D3)
- ǈ [U+01C8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH SMALL LETTER J](https://unicodekit.com/char/01C8)
- ǔ [U+01D4 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/01D4)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/01CE · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/01CE
