# அ U+0B85 TAMIL LETTER A

Tamil vowel letter a, the first letter of the Tamil alphabet, a short a sound.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `அ` |
| Codepoint | U+0B85 |
| Name | TAMIL LETTER A |
| Block | [Tamil](https://unicodekit.com/block/tamil) |
| Script | Tamil |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `அ` `அ` |
| CSS | `\B85` |
| JavaScript | `\u0B85` |
| UTF-8 | E0 AE 85 |
| UTF-16 | 0B85 |

## Related characters

- ஆ [U+0B86 TAMIL LETTER AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B86)
- ஃ [U+0B83 TAMIL SIGN VISARGA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B83)
- இ [U+0B87 TAMIL LETTER I](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B87)
- [U+0B82 TAMIL SIGN ANUSVARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B82)
- ஈ [U+0B88 TAMIL LETTER II](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B88)
- உ [U+0B89 TAMIL LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B89)
- ஊ [U+0B8A TAMIL LETTER UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B8A)
- எ [U+0B8E TAMIL LETTER E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B8E)
- ஏ [U+0B8F TAMIL LETTER EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B8F)
- ஐ [U+0B90 TAMIL LETTER AI](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B90)
- ஒ [U+0B92 TAMIL LETTER O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B92)
- ஓ [U+0B93 TAMIL LETTER OO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0B93)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0B85 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0B85