U+1DCA "" Combining Latin Small Letter R Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+1DCA "" Combining Latin Small Letter R Below is a diacritical mark used in historical or scholarly text encoding to indicate a specific modification to a base letter, typically in medieval or phonetic transcription contexts, where a small Latin "r" is placed beneath the preceding character to denote a rhotic or r-coloring influence. This combining character does not stand alone but attaches to a base letter, allowing for precise representation of certain sounds in ancient manuscripts or linguistic notation systems. Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate digital preservation of specialized writing traditions, particularly in fields like Old English or Indo-European studies where such diacritics appear.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
᷊
HTML Hex Encoding
᷊
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xB7 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1DCA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001DCA
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1dca