Technical information

Symbol
NameLatin subscript small letter a
Unicode numberU+2090
CategorySubscript and superscriptSubscript letters
DescriptionThe Unicode character ₐ, or U+2090, is known as the "Latin Subscript Small Letter A". It belongs to the "Superscripts and Subscripts" block and falls under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is the lowercase version of the letter A, but presented in a smaller size and positioned below the baseline, typical of subscript notation. In various scientific, mathematical, and chemical contexts, subscript characters like this are used to denote specific positions, quantities, or indicators. For instance, in chemistry, subscripts can represent the number of atoms in a molecule. The specific visual representation and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in. The appearance can also slightly differ based on the font and typography used.

Encoding

HTML Entityₐ
HTML Entity (hex)ₐ
URL Escape Code%E2%82%90
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x82 0x90
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000010:10010000
UTF-160x2090
UTF-320x00002090

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2090"
CSS Code\2090
JavaScript"\u2090"
Perl\x{2090}
Python 2u"\u2090"
Python 3\u2090
Ruby\u{2090}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
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28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8336;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2090";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References