â

Technical information

Symbol	â
Name	Latin small letter a with circumflex
Unicode number	U+00E2
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 7. Letters

Description

The Unicode character â, or U+00E2, is known as the "Latin Small Letter A with Circumflex". It belongs to the "Latin-1 Supplement" block and falls under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. This letter is a part of the extended Latin alphabet and is used in several languages, including French, Portuguese, Romanian, Vietnamese, and Welsh. The circumflex (^) accent over the letter indicates a change in pronunciation compared to the unaccented letter. The specific pronunciation of this letter can vary greatly based on the language it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity	â
HTML Entity (hex)	â
HTML Entity (named)	â
URL Escape Code	%C3%A2
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC3 0xA2
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001110100010
UTF-16	0x00E2
UTF-32	0x000000E2

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00E2"
CSS Code	\00E2
JavaScript	"\u00E2"
Perl	\x{00E2}
Python 2	u"\u00E2"
Python 3	\u00E2
Ruby	\u{00E2}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this â in sentence and in bold like this â and in italic like this â.

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#226;</span>

span {
    content: "\00E2";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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