U+0156 "Ŗ" Latin Capital Letter R with Cedilla Unicode Character

U+0156 "Ŗ" Latin Capital Letter R with Cedilla is a modified version of the standard Latin letter R, distinguished by a small cedilla mark attached beneath it. This character is primarily used in the Latvian language alphabet, where it represents a palatalized or soft "r" sound in phonetic transcription, and it also appears in certain systems for transliterating other languages, such as Livonian. In Unicode, it is part of the Latin Extended-A block and is the capital form of its lowercase counterpart, ŗ (U+0157). When rendering text, the cedilla may be placed directly underneath the R or slightly offset depending on the font design, but it always serves to modify the letter's pronunciation.