U+1DF28 "𝼨" Latin Small Letter R with Mid-Height Left Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝼨
U+1DF28 "𝼨" Latin Small Letter R with Mid-Height Left Hook is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in historical or phonetic contexts, particularly within certain Latin orthographies or linguistic transcription systems. It represents a variant of the letter "r" distinguished by a small hook attached to the left side at mid-height, which indicates a specific pronunciation or diacritic modification, such as a retroflex or other localized articulation. This character, encoded in the Latin Extended-F block, serves to document and preserve unique script variations found in older manuscripts or specialized academic works, ensuring accurate representation of non-standard letterforms in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DF28 |
| Version Added | 15.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter R with Mid-Height Left Hook |
| Block | Latin Extended-G |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝼨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝼨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0xBC 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD837 0xDF28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DF28 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud837\udf28 |