U+0159 "ř" Latin Small Letter R with Caron Unicode Character
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U+0159 "ř" Latin Small Letter R with Caron is a modified letter used primarily in the Czech and Slovak alphabets, where it represents a voiced alveolar trill or fricative, often pronounced like the "rzh" sound in English "Zsa Zsa" but with a trilled quality. This character is derived from the standard Latin letter "r" combined with a caron diacritic above it, which typically indicates a palatalized or softened pronunciation in Slavic languages. In Unicode, it belongs to the Latin Extended-A block and is essential for proper spelling and meaning in words such as Czech "řeka" (river) or Slovak "dvere" (door), distinguishing it from the plain "r" in these writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0159
Name
Latin Small Letter R with Caron
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter R Hacek
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ř
HTML Hex Encoding
ř
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC5 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0159
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000159
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0159
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin