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U+0627

Arabic Letter Alef

Arabic Arabic script Other letter Since Unicode 1.1

← ئ U+0626
Yeh with Hamza Above U+0628
Beh ب →

Pronunciation

In Arabic: aa /aː/ — a as in father, held long at the start of a word it has no sound of its own and simply carries the word's first vowel

In Persian: aa /ɒː/ — a as in father, rounded a little toward o at the start of a word it carries whatever vowel opens the word — a, e or o

In Urdu: aa /aː/ — a as in father, held long at the start of a word alif carries the short vowels a, i or u

Related characters

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

آAlef with Madda AboveU+0622
أAlef with Hamza AboveU+0623
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 A7
UTF-160627
Decimal1,575
Decomposes to—

All facts

BlockArabic
ScriptArabic
CategoryLetter, other (Lo)
DecompositionNone
First assignedUnicode 1.1

Fonts that include this character

127 of 137,179 fonts include this character.

Insula Regular — the character اInsulaRegular1234Font Regular — the character ا1234FontRegularAALMAGHRIBI QURAN WARSH Medium — the character اAALMAGHRIBI QURAN WARSHMediumAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character اAALMAGHRIBI 1445Regularae_AlArabiya Regular — the character اae_AlArabiyaRegularae_Cortoba Regular — the character اae_CortobaRegularae_Electron Regular — the character اae_ElectronRegularAGA Andalus أندلس Regular — the character اAGA Andalus أندلسRegularAGA Balloon بالون Regular — the character اAGA Balloon بالون RegularAGA Cordoba قرطبة Regular — the character اAGA Cordoba قرطبةRegularAGA Granada غرناطة V2 Regular — the character اAGA Granada غرناطة V2RegularAGA Kyrawan V.2 قيروان Regular — the character اAGA Kyrawan V.2 قيروانRegularAGA Mashq V2 مشق Regular — the character اAGA Mashq V2 مشقRegularAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيق Regular — the character اAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيقRegularAGA Sindibad V.2 سندباد Regular — the character اAGA Sindibad V.2 سندبادRegularAL-QURAN-ALI Regular — the character اAL-QURAN-ALIRegularApril Regular — the character اAprilRegularArabic Cabo Font Regular — the character اArabic Cabo FontRegularArabic-font-2013 Bold — the character اArabic-font-2013BoldArabic-R-2013 Arabic-R-2013 — the character اArabic-R-2013Arabic-R-2013ArivNdr POMt Regular — the character اArivNdr POMtRegularAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularB Davat Regular — the character اB DavatRegularB Nazanin Bold — the character اB NazaninBoldB Sina Bold — the character اB SinaBoldBelal Regular — the character اBelalRegularBelal Bold Bold — the character اBelal BoldBoldBlack Clover Arabic Regular — the character اBlack Clover ArabicRegularBlock Blueprint Medium — the character اBlock BlueprintMediumBundey Script Regular — the character اBundey ScriptRegularBuroj 2 Font Regular — the character اBuroj 2 FontRegularBuroj Font Regular — the character اBuroj FontRegularCaneta Script Thin — the character اCaneta ScriptThinCaraphic Script Regular — the character اCaraphic ScriptRegularCartoon 1471 Extended Regular — the character اCartoon 1471 ExtendedRegularChrysanthi Unicode Regular — the character اChrysanthi UnicodeRegularCode2000 Regular — the character اCode2000RegularDejaVu Sans Book — the character اDejaVu SansBookDejaVu Sans Mono Book — the character اDejaVu Sans MonoBookDofi Regular — the character اDofiRegularEl Messiri Regular — the character اEl MessiriRegularF77 Minecraft Regular — the character اF77 MinecraftRegularFaulmann Font Regular — the character اFaulmann FontRegularFreeSerif Medium — the character اFreeSerifMediumHK Font-2 HK Font-2 — the character اHK Font-2HK Font-2Hoba Bold Bold — the character اHoba BoldBoldHoba Font Regular — the character اHoba FontRegularInseyab Arabic Regular — the character اInseyab ArabicRegularJawi Kufi Medium — the character اJawi KufiMediumKatavica normal — the character اKatavicanormalquran_hafs _uthmanic _script Regular — the character اquran_hafs _uthmanic _scriptRegularKobani is not alone Regular — the character اKobani is not aloneRegularKurland Regular — the character اKurlandRegularLateef Regular — the character اLateefRegularManofik Regular — the character اManofikRegularMassr Font Regular — the character اMassr FontRegularMatrixType Regular — the character اMatrixTypeRegularMax Type Regular — the character اMax TypeRegularMaze Font 2 Regular — the character اMaze Font 2RegularMPH 2B Damase Regular — the character اMPH 2B DamaseRegularMutawazi Regular — the character اMutawaziRegularMutawazi Bold Regular — the character اMutawazi BoldRegularMy Chemical Romance Regular — the character اMy Chemical RomanceRegularNillambari Regular — the character اNillambariRegularNishiki-teki Regular — the character اNishiki-tekiRegularNoon Font Regular — the character اNoon FontRegularOmniglot Font Regular — the character اOmniglot FontRegularPincello Script Regular — the character اPincello ScriptRegularPixapp Inter Regular — the character اPixapp InterRegularQTS - Stripe Regular — the character اQTS - StripeRegularQuanton Thin Italic — the character اQuantonThin ItalicRail Model Regular — the character اRail ModelRegularScheherazade Regular — the character اScheherazadeRegularSSD Septentrionis Regular — the character اSSD SeptentrionisRegularTadwir Font Regular — the character اTadwir FontRegularThe body of the fall (落落の汤圆体) jojisin — the character اThe body of the fall (落落の汤圆体)jojisinTruetypewriter PolyglOTT Regular — the character اTruetypewriter PolyglOTTRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character اTusch TouchRegularUnicode BMP Fallback SIL Regular — the character اUnicode BMP Fallback SILRegularUnifontEX Regular — the character اUnifontEXRegularVEGESIGNES Regular — the character اVEGESIGNESRegularWahabSahito Regular — the character اWahabSahitoRegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character اAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character اAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAALMAGHRIBI 1445 Regular — the character اAALMAGHRIBI 1445RegularAGA Cordoba قرطبة Bold — the character اAGA Cordoba قرطبةBoldAGA Cordoba قرطبة Regular — the character اAGA Cordoba قرطبةRegularAGA Mashq V2 مشق Bold — the character اAGA Mashq V2 مشقBoldAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيق Bold — the character اAGA Rasheeq V.2 رشيقBoldAGA Sindibad V.2 سندباد Bold — the character اAGA Sindibad V.2 سندبادBoldAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularAvelana Regular — the character اAvelanaRegularBundey Script Bold — the character اBundey ScriptBoldBundey Script Bold Italic — the character اBundey ScriptBold ItalicBundey Script Italic — the character اBundey ScriptItalicCaneta Script Regular — the character اCaneta ScriptRegularDejaVu Sans Bold — the character اDejaVu SansBoldDejaVu Sans Condensed — the character اDejaVu SansCondensedDejaVu Sans Condensed Bold — the character اDejaVu SansCondensed BoldDejaVu Sans Mono Bold — the character اDejaVu Sans MonoBoldEl Messiri Bold — the character اEl MessiriBoldEl Messiri Medium — the character اEl MessiriMediumEl Messiri SemiBold — the character اEl MessiriSemiBoldInseyab Arabic Bold — the character اInseyab ArabicBoldInseyab Arabic Demo — the character اInseyab ArabicDemoInseyab Arabic Light — the character اInseyab ArabicLightKurland Italic — the character اKurlandItalicManofik Bold — the character اManofikBoldManofik Bold Italic — the character اManofikBold ItalicManofik Italic — the character اManofikItalicMatrixType Regular — the character اMatrixTypeRegularMatrixType Bold — the character اMatrixTypeBoldMatrixType Bold — the character اMatrixTypeBoldPincello Script Thin — the character اPincello ScriptThinQuanton Black — the character اQuantonBlackQuanton Black Italic — the character اQuantonBlack ItalicQuanton Bold — the character اQuantonBoldQuanton Bold Italic — the character اQuantonBold ItalicQuanton Regular — the character اQuantonRegularQuanton Regular Italic — the character اQuantonRegular ItalicQuanton Thin — the character اQuantonThinTusch Touch Regular — the character اTusch TouchRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character اTusch TouchRegularTusch Touch Regular — the character اTusch TouchRegular

Showing all 127 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.