LATIN SMALL LETTER A vs CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
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Property Comparison
| Property | a U+0061 | а U+0430 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER A | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A |
| Block | Basic Latin | Cyrillic |
| Script | Latn | Cyrl |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0061 | U+0430 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0061 | U+0430 |
| decimal | 97 | 1072 |
| htmldecimal | a | а |
| htmlhex | a | а |
| css | \0061 | \0430 |
| javascript | \u{61} | \u{430} |
| python | \u0061 | \u0430 |
| java | \u0061 | \u0430 |
| go | \u0061 | \u0430 |
| ruby | \u{61} | \u{430} |
| rust | \u{61} | \u{430} |
| ccpp | \u0061 | \u0430 |
| urlencoded | a | %D0%B0 |
| utf8bytes | 61 | d0 b0 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 61 | 04 30 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 61 | 00 00 04 30 |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN SMALL LETTER A is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A is from Cyrillic (Cyrl). 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.