А (Azǔ/Азъ) | |
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А а | |
(See below) А | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Cyrillic script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Old Church Slavonic |
Sound values | [a] [ɑ] [ə] |
In Unicode | U+0410, U+0430 |
Alphabetical position | 1 Numerical value: 1 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~900 to present |
Descendants | • Я |
Sisters | A Α α א ا ܐ አ Ա ա 𐌀 A ᴀ |
Transliterations | A (Latin script) |
Variations | (See below) А |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 1 |
Writing direction | Left-to-right |
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.