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U+0623

Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza Above

Arabic Arabic script Other letter Since Unicode 1.1

← آ U+0622
Alef with Madda Above U+0624
Waw with Hamza Above ؤ →

Pronunciation

In Arabic: a /ʔa/ a hamza riding on an alef at the start of a word (also read u, /ʔu/, by the vowel mark it carries)

In Persian: a / o /ʔa/, /ʔo/ a hamza riding on an alef at the start of a word

Related characters

The same letter with and without accents, and in other cases.

اAlefno accentU+0627
آAlef with Madda AboveU+0622
إAlef with Hamza BelowU+0625

Don't confuse it with

These look almost identical but are different characters, and won't match in search or code.

1Digit OneU+0031
ILatin Capital IU+0049
lLatin Small LU+006C
|Vertical lineU+007C
ƖLatin Capital IotaU+0196
ǀLatin Dental ClickU+01C0
ΙGreek Capital IotaU+0399
ІCyrillic Capital Byelorussian Ukrainian IU+0406
ӀCyrillic PalochkaU+04C0
ӏCyrillic Small PalochkaU+04CF
׀Hebrew Punctuation PaseqU+05C0
וHebrew VavU+05D5

Technical details

UTF-8D8 A3
UTF-160623
Decimal1,571
Decomposes toU+0627 + U+0654

All facts

BlockArabic
ScriptArabic
CategoryLetter, other (Lo)
DecompositionU+0627 U+0654
First assignedUnicode 1.1

Fonts that include this character

124 of 137,179 fonts include this character.

1234Font Regular — the character أ1234FontRegularAALMAGHRIBI QURAN WARSH Medium — the character أAALMAGHRIBI QURAN WARSHMediumAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character أAALMAGHRIBI 1445Regularae_AlArabiya Regular — the character أae_AlArabiyaRegularae_Cortoba Regular — the character أae_CortobaRegularae_Electron Regular — the character أae_ElectronRegularAGA Andalus أندلس Regular — the character أAGA Andalus أندلسRegularAGA Balloon بالون Regular — the character أAGA Balloon بالون RegularAGA Cordoba قرطبة Regular — the character أAGA Cordoba قرطبةRegularAGA Granada غرناطة V2 Regular — the character أAGA Granada غرناطة V2RegularAGA Kyrawan V.2 قيروان Regular — the character أAGA Kyrawan V.2 قيروانRegularAGA Mashq V2 مشق Regular — the character أAGA Mashq V2 مشقRegularAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيق Regular — the character أAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيقRegularAGA Sindibad V.2 سندباد Regular — the character أAGA Sindibad V.2 سندبادRegularAL-QURAN-ALI Regular — the character أAL-QURAN-ALIRegularApril Regular — the character أAprilRegularArabic Cabo Font Regular — the character أArabic Cabo FontRegularArabic-font-2013 Bold — the character أArabic-font-2013BoldArabic-R-2013 Arabic-R-2013 — the character أArabic-R-2013Arabic-R-2013ArivNdr POMt Regular — the character أArivNdr POMtRegularAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularB Davat Regular — the character أB DavatRegularB Nazanin Bold — the character أB NazaninBoldB Sina Bold — the character أB SinaBoldBelal Regular — the character أBelalRegularBelal Bold Bold — the character أBelal BoldBoldBlack Clover Arabic Regular — the character أBlack Clover ArabicRegularBundey Script Regular — the character أBundey ScriptRegularBuroj 2 Font Regular — the character أBuroj 2 FontRegularBuroj Font Regular — the character أBuroj FontRegularCaneta Script Thin — the character أCaneta ScriptThinCaraphic Script Regular — the character أCaraphic ScriptRegularCartoon 1471 Extended Regular — the character أCartoon 1471 ExtendedRegularChrysanthi Unicode Regular — the character أChrysanthi UnicodeRegularCode2000 Regular — the character أCode2000RegularDejaVu Sans Book — the character أDejaVu SansBookDejaVu Sans Mono Book — the character أDejaVu Sans MonoBookDofi Regular — the character أDofiRegularEl Messiri Regular — the character أEl MessiriRegularF77 Minecraft Regular — the character أF77 MinecraftRegularFaulmann Font Regular — the character أFaulmann FontRegularFreeSerif Medium — the character أFreeSerifMediumHK Font-2 HK Font-2 — the character أHK Font-2HK Font-2Hoba Bold Bold — the character أHoba BoldBoldHoba Font Regular — the character أHoba FontRegularInseyab Arabic Regular — the character أInseyab ArabicRegularJawi Kufi Medium — the character أJawi KufiMediumquran_hafs _uthmanic _script Regular — the character أquran_hafs _uthmanic _scriptRegularKobani is not alone Regular — the character أKobani is not aloneRegularKurland Regular — the character أKurlandRegularLateef Regular — the character أLateefRegularManofik Regular — the character أManofikRegularMassr Font Regular — the character أMassr FontRegularMatrixType Regular — the character أMatrixTypeRegularMax Type Regular — the character أMax TypeRegularMaze Font 2 Regular — the character أMaze Font 2RegularMPH 2B Damase Regular — the character أMPH 2B DamaseRegularMutawazi Regular — the character أMutawaziRegularMutawazi Bold Regular — the character أMutawazi BoldRegularMy Chemical Romance Regular — the character أMy Chemical RomanceRegularNillambari Regular — the character أNillambariRegularNishiki-teki Regular — the character أNishiki-tekiRegularNoon Font Regular — the character أNoon FontRegularOmniglot Font Regular — the character أOmniglot FontRegularPincello Script Regular — the character أPincello ScriptRegularPixapp Inter Regular — the character أPixapp InterRegularQTS - Stripe Regular — the character أQTS - StripeRegularQuanton Thin Italic — the character أQuantonThin ItalicRail Model Regular — the character أRail ModelRegularScheherazade Regular — the character أScheherazadeRegularSSD Septentrionis Regular — the character أSSD SeptentrionisRegularTadwir Font Regular — the character أTadwir FontRegularThe body of the fall (落落の汤圆体) jojisin — the character أThe body of the fall (落落の汤圆体)jojisinTruetypewriter PolyglOTT Regular — the character أTruetypewriter PolyglOTTRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character أTusch TouchRegularUnicode BMP Fallback SIL Regular — the character أUnicode BMP Fallback SILRegularUnifontEX Regular — the character أUnifontEXRegularVEGESIGNES Regular — the character أVEGESIGNESRegularWahabSahito Regular — the character أWahabSahitoRegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character أAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character أAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character أAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAGA Cordoba قرطبة Bold — the character أAGA Cordoba قرطبةBoldAGA Cordoba قرطبة Regular — the character أAGA Cordoba قرطبةRegularAGA Mashq V2 مشق Bold — the character أAGA Mashq V2 مشقBoldAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيق Bold — the character أAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيقBoldAGA Sindibad V.2 سندباد Bold — the character أAGA Sindibad V.2 سندبادBoldAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character أAvelanaRegularBundey Script Bold — the character أBundey ScriptBoldBundey Script Bold Italic — the character أBundey ScriptBold ItalicBundey Script Italic — the character أBundey ScriptItalicCaneta Script Regular — the character أCaneta ScriptRegularDejaVu Sans Bold — the character أDejaVu SansBoldDejaVu Sans Condensed — the character أDejaVu SansCondensedDejaVu Sans Condensed Bold — the character أDejaVu SansCondensed BoldDejaVu Sans Mono Bold — the character أDejaVu Sans MonoBoldEl Messiri Bold — the character أEl MessiriBoldEl Messiri Medium — the character أEl MessiriMediumEl Messiri SemiBold — the character أEl MessiriSemiBoldInseyab Arabic Bold — the character أInseyab ArabicBoldInseyab Arabic Demo — the character أInseyab ArabicDemoInseyab Arabic Light — the character أInseyab ArabicLightKurland Italic — the character أKurlandItalicManofik Bold — the character أManofikBoldManofik Bold Italic — the character أManofikBold ItalicManofik Italic — the character أManofikItalicMatrixType Regular — the character أMatrixTypeRegularMatrixType Bold — the character أMatrixTypeBoldMatrixType Bold — the character أMatrixTypeBoldPincello Script Thin — the character أPincello ScriptThinQuanton Black — the character أQuantonBlackQuanton Black Italic — the character أQuantonBlack ItalicQuanton Bold — the character أQuantonBoldQuanton Bold Italic — the character أQuantonBold ItalicQuanton Regular — the character أQuantonRegularQuanton Regular Italic — the character أQuantonRegular ItalicQuanton Thin — the character أQuantonThinTusch Touch Regular — the character أTusch TouchRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character أTusch TouchRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character أTusch TouchRegular

Showing all 124 fonts. Counts and order come from the snapshot of 21 October 2026; each tile is one font (one style of a family), deduplicated so byte-identical files appear once.