U+05E8 "ר" Hebrew Letter Resh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+05E8 "ר" Hebrew Letter Resh is the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, functioning as a consonant that typically represents an alveolar trill or uvular fricative "r" sound depending on the speaker's dialect. In the Hebrew numeric system known as gematria, resh carries the numeric value of 200. Its shape is distinguished by a single curved stroke descending from a top horizontal line, giving it a simple yet distinct appearance. Within the Unicode standard, this character is classified in the block for Hebrew script and is used in both modern and ancient Hebrew texts, as well as in Yiddish and other Jewish languages that employ the Hebrew script.
General Properties
Code Point
U+05E8
Name
Hebrew Letter Resh
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ר
HTML Hex Encoding
ר
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD7 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x05E8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000005E8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u05e8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hebrew