# അ U+0D05 MALAYALAM LETTER A

Malayalam independent vowel letter 'a', the first vowel of the alphabet, a short open 'uh' sound.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `അ` |
| Codepoint | U+0D05 |
| Name | MALAYALAM LETTER A |
| Block | [Malayalam](https://unicodekit.com/block/malayalam) |
| Script | Malayalam |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `അ` `അ` |
| CSS | `\D05` |
| JavaScript | `\u0D05` |
| UTF-8 | E0 B4 85 |
| UTF-16 | 0D05 |

## Related characters

- ഄ [U+0D04 MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D04)
- ആ [U+0D06 MALAYALAM LETTER AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D06)
- [U+0D03 MALAYALAM SIGN VISARGA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D03)
- ഇ [U+0D07 MALAYALAM LETTER I](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D07)
- [U+0D02 MALAYALAM SIGN ANUSVARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D02)
- ഈ [U+0D08 MALAYALAM LETTER II](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D08)
- [U+0D01 MALAYALAM SIGN CANDRABINDU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D01)
- ഉ [U+0D09 MALAYALAM LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D09)
- [U+0D00 MALAYALAM SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D00)
- ഊ [U+0D0A MALAYALAM LETTER UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D0A)
- ഋ [U+0D0B MALAYALAM LETTER VOCALIC R](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D0B)
- ഌ [U+0D0C MALAYALAM LETTER VOCALIC L](https://unicodekit.com/char/0D0C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0D05 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0D05