U+03F1 "ϱ" Greek Rho Symbol Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ϱ
Source: Noto Sans 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