U+03F1 "ϱ" Greek Rho Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+03F1 "ϱ" Greek Rho Symbol is a typographic variant of the lowercase Greek letter rho, distinct from the standard rho (ρ) in its curled or rounded tail. While the standard rho resembles Latin lowercase "p" in many fonts, the symbol ϱ often has a longer, looping descender that extends below the baseline, making it visually similar to a cursive "r." In Unicode, it is classified as a lowercase Greek letter and is frequently used in mathematical and scientific contexts to represent resistively or density, particularly in fluid dynamics and statistics, though its precise usage depends on the convention adopted by a given field.
General Properties
Code Point
U+03F1
Name
Greek Rho Symbol
Unicode 1.0 Name
Greek Small Letter Tailed Rho
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ϱ
HTML Hex Encoding
ϱ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xCF 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x03F1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000003F1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u03f1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Greek