# ɑ U+0251 LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA

Script a or Latin alpha, a rounded single-story a used in IPA for the open back unrounded vowel as in father.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ɑ` |
| Codepoint | U+0251 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA |
| Also known as | latin small letter script a (1.0) |
| Block | [IPA Extensions](https://unicodekit.com/block/ipa-extensions) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ɑ` `ɑ` |
| CSS | `\251` |
| JavaScript | `\u0251` |
| UTF-8 | C9 91 |
| UTF-16 | 0251 |

## Notes

- low back unrounded vowel
- the representative glyph appears like an allograph of Latin "a", but sometimes the character is rendered more like a Greek "α"
- uppercase is 2C6D

## Related characters

- ɐ [U+0250 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0250)
- ɒ [U+0252 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED ALPHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0252)
- ɓ [U+0253 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0253)
- ɔ [U+0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0254)
- ɕ [U+0255 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CURL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0255)
- ɖ [U+0256 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH TAIL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0256)
- ɗ [U+0257 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0257)
- ɘ [U+0258 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0258)
- ə [U+0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0259)
- ɚ [U+025A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/025A)
- ɛ [U+025B LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025B)
- ɜ [U+025C LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0251 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0251