# ạ U+1EA1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW

Lowercase a with a dot underneath, used in Vietnamese for the heavy (nặng) tone and in some transliteration systems.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ạ` |
| Codepoint | U+1EA1 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW |
| Block | [Latin Extended Additional](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-additional) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ạ` `ạ` |
| CSS | `\1EA1` |
| JavaScript | `\u1EA1` |
| UTF-8 | E1 BA A1 |
| UTF-16 | 1EA1 |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0061 U+0323 |

## Related characters

- Ạ [U+1EA0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA0)
- Ả [U+1EA2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA2)
- ẟ [U+1E9F LATIN SMALL LETTER DELTA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9F)
- ả [U+1EA3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA3)
- ẞ [U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9E)
- Ấ [U+1EA4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA4)
- ẝ [U+1E9D LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH HIGH STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9D)
- ấ [U+1EA5 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA5)
- ẜ [U+1E9C LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9C)
- Ầ [U+1EA6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA6)
- ẛ [U+1E9B LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9B)
- ầ [U+1EA7 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA7)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA1 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1EA1