# أ U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE

Arabic alef with a hamza above, common at the start of words for a glottal stop plus a vowel, like in the word for 'I'.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `أ` |
| Codepoint | U+0623 |
| Name | ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE |
| Block | [Arabic](https://unicodekit.com/block/arabic) |
| Script | Arabic |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `أ` `أ` |
| CSS | `\623` |
| JavaScript | `\u0623` |
| UTF-8 | D8 A3 |
| UTF-16 | 0623 |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0627 U+0654 |

## Related characters

- آ [U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0622)
- ؤ [U+0624 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0624)
- ء [U+0621 ARABIC LETTER HAMZA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0621)
- إ [U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0625)
- ؠ [U+0620 ARABIC LETTER KASHMIRI YEH](https://unicodekit.com/char/0620)
- ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0626)
- ؟ [U+061F ARABIC QUESTION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/061F)
- ا [U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF](https://unicodekit.com/char/0627)
- ؞ [U+061E ARABIC TRIPLE DOT PUNCTUATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/061E)
- ب [U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH](https://unicodekit.com/char/0628)
- ؝ [U+061D ARABIC END OF TEXT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/061D)
- ة [U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0629)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0623 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0623