Unicode Character "ר" (U+05E8)

The character ר (Hebrew Letter Resh) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+05E8. It is encoded in the Hebrew block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ר.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Hebrew Letter Resh
Unicode Codepoint U+05E8
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Hebrew
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Right To Left (R)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Hebrew
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+05E8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ר
HTML (hex) ר
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D7%A8
CSS \0005E8
JavaScript, JSON \u05E8
C, C++, Java \u05E8
Python \u05E8
Rust \u{05E8}
Ruby \u05E8

How to type "ר"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 5 E 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 5 E 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ר
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ר
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ר
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD7 0xA8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x05E8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000005E8

Characters based on "ר" (U+05E8)

References