LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A vs GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
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Property Comparison
| Property | A U+0041 | Α U+0391 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA |
| Block | Basic Latin | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Latn | Grek |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0041 | U+0391 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0041 | U+0391 |
| decimal | 65 | 913 |
| htmldecimal | A | Α |
| htmlhex | A | Α |
| css | \0041 | \0391 |
| javascript | \u{41} | \u{391} |
| python | \u0041 | \u0391 |
| java | \u0041 | \u0391 |
| go | \u0041 | \u0391 |
| ruby | \u{41} | \u{391} |
| rust | \u{41} | \u{391} |
| ccpp | \u0041 | \u0391 |
| urlencoded | A | %CE%91 |
| utf8bytes | 41 | ce 91 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 41 | 03 91 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 41 | 00 00 03 91 |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA is from Greek and Coptic (Grek). Check the codepoint or encoding to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.