U+0695 "ڕ" Arabic Letter Reh with Small V Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ڕ
U+0695 "ڕ" Arabic Letter Reh with Small V Below is a modified letter used primarily in the Kurdish Sorani alphabet, where it represents a voiced alveolar tap or flap sound, distinct from the standard Arabic "reh" (ر). This character is formed by adding a small "v" shaped diacritic below the base letter "ر" (U+0631), which changes its pronunciation and function in the orthography of languages like Central Kurdish. It appears in written texts, such as signage and newspaper headings, where it denotes a specific phonemic contrast, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Arabic script block for consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0695 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Reh with Small V Below |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Ra with Small V Below |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ڕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ڕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDA 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0695 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000695 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0695 |