U+0E23 "ร" Thai Character Ro Rua Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0E23 "ร" Thai Character Ro Rua is the fifteenth consonant of the Thai alphabet and represents the sound /r/ in spoken Thai. Its name, "Ro Rua," translates to "boat," as the character's shape is traditionally said to resemble a boat, and the word "เรือ" (ruea) meaning "boat" is used as a mnemonic for learning the letter. This consonant belongs to the low class of Thai consonants and is commonly used in Thai writing, appearing in words such as "รัก" (rak) meaning "love" and "เร็ว" (reo) meaning "fast." In the Unicode standard, it is encoded under the Thai script block and carries the visual form of a curled stroke, distinct from similar-looking characters in other scripts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0E23
Name
Thai Character Ro Rua
Unicode 1.0 Name
Thai Letter Ro Rua
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ร
HTML Hex Encoding
ร
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB8 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0E23
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000E23
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0e23
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Thai