U+0E23 "ร" Thai Character Ro Rua Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E23 "ร" Thai Character Ro Rua is the fifteenth consonant of the Thai alphabet and represents the sound /r/ in spoken Thai. Its name, "Ro Rua," translates to "boat," as the character's shape is traditionally said to resemble a boat, and the word "เรือ" (ruea) meaning "boat" is used as a mnemonic for learning the letter. This consonant belongs to the low class of Thai consonants and is commonly used in Thai writing, appearing in words such as "รัก" (rak) meaning "love" and "เร็ว" (reo) meaning "fast." In the Unicode standard, it is encoded under the Thai script block and carries the visual form of a curled stroke, distinct from similar-looking characters in other scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E23 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Ro Rua |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Letter Ro Rua |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ร |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ร |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e23 |