U+211F "℟" Response Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
℟
U+211F "℟" Response is a typographic symbol used primarily in liturgical and ecclesiastical contexts, specifically as an abbreviation for the Latin word "Responsum," meaning "response." It often appears in Christian liturgical books, such as breviaries and missals, to mark the congregational or choir response during a versicle and response dialogue. The character is classified under the "Letterlike Symbols" block in Unicode and is typically rendered in a stylized, calligraphic form with a distinctive looped tail.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+211F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Response |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ℟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ℟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x84 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x211F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000211F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u211f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |