U+0CB1 "ಱ" Kannada Letter Rra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಱ
U+0CB1 "ಱ" Kannada Letter Rra is a historical and phonetically distinct letter from the Kannada script, representing a retroflex lateral approximant sound that differs from the more common dental or alveolar r sounds. This character was once used in Old Kannada and is still present in some modern Kannada dialects and related languages like Tulu and Konkani, where it helps differentiate words through a subtle but important pronunciation nuance. Although its use in standard literary Kannada has declined over time, it remains a significant part of the script’s historical orthography and is encoded in Unicode to preserve linguistic heritage and support accurate representation of texts from periods or regions where it was actively employed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CB1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Rra |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CB1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CB1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cb1 |