# Ᾰ U+1FB8 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH VRACHY

Capital Greek alpha with a small curved breve above it, marking a short vowel in classical Greek texts and dictionaries.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `Ᾰ` |
| Codepoint | U+1FB8 |
| Name | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH VRACHY |
| Block | [Greek Extended](https://unicodekit.com/block/greek-extended) |
| Script | Greek |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `Ᾰ` `Ᾰ` |
| CSS | `\1FB8` |
| JavaScript | `\u1FB8` |
| UTF-8 | E1 BE B8 |
| UTF-16 | 1FB8 |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0391 U+0306 |

## Related characters

- ᾷ [U+1FB7 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PERISPOMENI AND YPOGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB7)
- Ᾱ [U+1FB9 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH MACRON](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB9)
- ᾶ [U+1FB6 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PERISPOMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB6)
- Ὰ [U+1FBA GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH VARIA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FBA)
- Ά [U+1FBB GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH OXIA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FBB)
- ᾴ [U+1FB4 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH OXIA AND YPOGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB4)
- ᾼ [U+1FBC GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FBC)
- ᾳ [U+1FB3 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH YPOGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB3)
- ᾽ [U+1FBD GREEK KORONIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FBD)
- ᾲ [U+1FB2 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH VARIA AND YPOGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB2)
- ι [U+1FBE GREEK PROSGEGRAMMENI](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FBE)
- ᾱ [U+1FB1 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH MACRON](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB1)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1FB8 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1FB8