Greek Small Letter Alpha With Ypogegrammeni Letter
ᾳ is a Unicode Greek letter: alpha with ypogegrammeni (U+1FB3).
U+1FB3
ᾳ is a specific Greek character used in Unicode for writing Greek with a particular diacritic mark. Because it’s a single precomposed letter, it’s often copied directly in typography and text processing.
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Ypogegrammeni Letter Meaning
ᾳ is the Greek small letter alpha with ypogegrammeni, a diacritic-bearing form represented in Unicode as a single character (U+1FB3). The “ypogegrammeni” part indicates a subscript-like diacritic often encountered in scholarly or historical Greek texts and in text that preserves traditional accents/notations. In practice, this symbol is used when a piece of writing (or a dataset) expects the exact precomposed character rather than a decomposed base letter plus combining marks. Using the correct code point helps avoid typography mismatches, rendering differences, and search/indexing issues in digital workflows.
Common uses
- •Copying and pasting into Greek text where the exact character U+1FB3 is required
- •Preparing educational or scholarly material that preserves traditional Greek diacritics
- •Using in digital humanities datasets that store precomposed Unicode Greek characters
- •Labeling fonts, glyph sets, or character lists that must match Unicode code points
- •Testing or demonstrating Unicode rendering for Greek extended diacritics
Examples
ᾳ — Greek small letter alpha with ypogegrammeni
- ᾳᾳδέλφια
- ᾳλόγοι ᾳ
- ᾳσημείωση: ᾳ (U+1FB3)
- ᾳτύπος χαρακτήρα: ᾳ
- ᾳπαράδειγμα: ᾳ στο κείμενο
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1FB3 | |
| HTML Entity | ᾳ | |
| HTML Code | ᾳ | |
| CSS | \1FB3 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 8115 | |
| Decimal | 8115 |
How to type Greek Small Letter Alpha With Ypogegrammeni Letter (ᾳ)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 8115 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 1FB3 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 1FB3. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 1fb3, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy ᾳ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Greek Small Letter Alpha With Ypogegrammeni letter mean?
ᾳ is the Greek small letter alpha with ypogegrammeni, a diacritic-bearing form represented in Unicode as a single character (U+1FB3). The “ypogegrammeni” part indicates a subscript-like diacritic often encountered in scholarly or historical Greek texts and in text that preserves traditional accents/notations. In practice, this symbol is used when a piece of writing (or a dataset) expects the exact precomposed character rather than a decomposed base letter plus combining marks. Using the correct code point helps avoid typography mismatches, rendering differences, and search/indexing issues in digital workflows.
What Unicode character is ᾳ?
ᾳ is GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH YPOGEGRAMMENI, with Unicode code point U+1FB3.
How do I copy ᾳ into my text?
Select and copy the character directly from this page, or use the HTML entity (ᾳ) / escapes (\\1FB3 or \\u{1FB3}) in code.
Can I replace ᾳ with plain alpha (α)?
Not if you need the exact diacritic-bearing character. Plain alpha (α) is a different Unicode character and may render differently or fail exact-match searches.
How can I use ᾳ in programming?
In many languages you can use the Unicode escape for U+1FB3, such as \\u{1FB3} (JavaScript) or \\1FB3 (CSS escape).