# अ U+0905 DEVANAGARI LETTER A

Devanagari letter A, the first vowel in Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi and Nepali, a short a sound.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `अ` |
| Codepoint | U+0905 |
| Name | DEVANAGARI LETTER A |
| Block | [Devanagari](https://unicodekit.com/block/devanagari) |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `अ` `अ` |
| CSS | `\905` |
| JavaScript | `\u0905` |
| UTF-8 | E0 A4 85 |
| UTF-16 | 0905 |

## Related characters

- ऄ [U+0904 DEVANAGARI LETTER SHORT A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0904)
- आ [U+0906 DEVANAGARI LETTER AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0906)
- [U+0903 DEVANAGARI SIGN VISARGA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0903)
- इ [U+0907 DEVANAGARI LETTER I](https://unicodekit.com/char/0907)
- [U+0902 DEVANAGARI SIGN ANUSVARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0902)
- ई [U+0908 DEVANAGARI LETTER II](https://unicodekit.com/char/0908)
- [U+0901 DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0901)
- उ [U+0909 DEVANAGARI LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0909)
- [U+0900 DEVANAGARI SIGN INVERTED CANDRABINDU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0900)
- ऊ [U+090A DEVANAGARI LETTER UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/090A)
- ऋ [U+090B DEVANAGARI LETTER VOCALIC R](https://unicodekit.com/char/090B)
- ऌ [U+090C DEVANAGARI LETTER VOCALIC L](https://unicodekit.com/char/090C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0905 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0905