A (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with A or the Greek letter Α.

А (А а; italics: А а) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents an open central unrounded vowel /ä/, halfway between the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "cat" and "father". The Cyrillic letter А is romanized using the Latin letter A.

Cyrillic letter А
Phonetic usage:	[a], [ɑ], [ə]
Name:	азъ
Numeric value:	1
Derived from:	Greek letter Alpha (Α α)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А А́ А̀ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Е́ Ѐ Е̄ Ё Є Є́ Ж З З́ Ѕ И І І́ Ї Ї́ И́ Ѝ Ӣ Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О О́ О̀ Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У У́ У̀ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ъ̀ Ы Ы́ Ь Ѣ Э Э́ Ю Ю́ Ю̀ Я Я́ Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
А̂ Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ Ӕ Ә Ә́ Ә̃ Ӛ В̌ Г̑ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂ Г̆ Г̈ Ҕ Ғ Ӻ Ғ̌ Ӷ Д́ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆ Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Җ Ӝ Ӂ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ԑ Ԑ̈ Ӡ И̂ И̃ Ӥ Ҋ Қ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ Ԛ Л́ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ ᵸ Н́ Н̃ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̂ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ԥ П̈ Р̌ Ҏ С̌ Ҫ С̣ С̱ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̇ Т̣ Ҭ ТЬ У̃ У̂ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ұ Ү Ү́ Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ Ԧ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ч̡ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣ Ҽ Ҿ Ш̈ Ш̣ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ Ҍ Ҩ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̈́ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Я̈́ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨ Б̀ Б̣ В̀ Г̀ Г̧ Г̄ Г̓ Г̆ Ҕ̀ Ҕ̆ Д̓ Д̀ Д̨ Ԁ Ԃ Ꚁ Ꙣ Е̂ Е̇ Е̨ Џ̆ Ж̑ Ԫ Ꚅ Ꚅ̆ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙁ З̀ З̑ Ԅ Ԇ Ꚉ Ꚃ Ꚕ І̂ І̨ Ꙇ Ј̵ Ꙉ К̓ К̀ К̆ Ӄ̆ К̑ К̇ К̈ К̄ Ԟ К̂ Ԛ̆ Л̀ Ԡ Ꙥ Ԉ Л̑ Л̇ Ԕ М̀ Ꙧ Н̀ Н̄ Н̧ Ԋ Ԣ Н̡ Ѻ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ П̓ П́ П̧ Ҧ П̑ Ҁ Һ̡ Р́ Р̀ Ԗ С̀ С̈ Ԍ Ҫ̓ Т̓ Т̀ Ԏ Т̑ Ꚋ Т̧ Ꚍ Ꚍ̆ Ѹ Ꙋ У̇ У̊ У̨ Ф̑ Ф̓ Х́ Х̀ Х̆ Х̇ Х̧ Х̓ Ѡ Ꙍ Ѽ Ѿ Ꙡ Ц́ Ц̓ Ꚏ Ꚏ̆ Ꚑ Ч́ Ч̀ Ч̑ Ч̓ Ԭ Ꚓ Ꚇ Ꚇ̆ Ҽ̆ Ш̆ Ш̑ Щ̆ Ꚗ Ꚗ̆ Ꙏ Ꙑ Ы̂ Ы̃ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Э̨ Ꙕ Ю̂ Ꙗ Я̂ Я̨ Ԙ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ꙟ
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А (Azǔ/Азъ)
А а
(See below) А
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Old Church Slavonic
Phonetic usage	[a] [ɑ] [ə]
Unicode codepoint	U+0410, U+0430
Alphabetical position	1 Numerical value: 1
History
Development	Proto-Canaanite script or Cretan script Α α Ⰰ А а
Time period	~900 to present
Descendants	• Я
Sisters	A Α α א ا ܐ አ Ա ա 𐌀 Ａ ᴀ
Transliteration equivalents	A (Latin script)
Variations	(See below) А
Other
Associated numbers	1
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Letter А, page from Elisabeth Boehm's Azbuka

History

The Cyrillic letter А was derived directly from the Greek letter Alpha (Α α). In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was азъ (azǔ), meaning "I". In the Cyrillic numeral system, the Cyrillic letter А has a value of 1.

Form

Throughout history, the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardised on one that looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the italic and lower case forms.

Usage

In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin – the Cyrillic letter А represents the open central unrounded vowel /a/. In Ingush and Chechen the Cyrillic letter А represents both the open back unrounded vowel /ɑ/ and the mid-central vowel /ə/. In Tuvan the letter can be written as a double vowel.^[1][2]

Related letters and other similar characters

• A a : Latin letter A
• Á á : Latin letter Á
• Α α : Greek letter Alpha
• Ă ă : Latin letter A with Breve
• Â â : Latin letter A with Circumflex
• Ā ā : Latin letter A with Macron
• Æ æ : Latin letter Æ

Computing codes

 

А (Cyrillic)

Pronunciation of name of Cyrillic 'А'

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Character information

Preview	А		а
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1040	U+0410	1072	U+0430
UTF-8	208 144	D0 90	208 176	D0 B0
Numeric character reference	А	А	а	а
Named character reference	А		а
KOI8-R and KOI8-U	225	E1	193	C1
CP 855	161	A1	160	A0
Windows-1251	192	C0	224	E0
ISO-8859-5	176	B0	208	D0
Mac Cyrillic	128	80	224	E0

See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References

1. "Tuvan language, alphabet and pronunciation". omniglot.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
2. Campbell, George L.; King, Gareth (24 July 2013). Compendium of the World's Languages. Routledge. ISBN 9781136258459. Retrieved 14 June 2016 – via Google Books.

External links

•   The dictionary definition of А at Wiktionary
•   The dictionary definition of а at Wiktionary