𐤓

𐤓 U+10913, 𐤓 PHOENICIAN LETTER ROSH ← 𐤒 [U+10912] Phoenician 𐤔 → [U+10914]

Phoenician

Etymology

From Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓁶 or Egyptian 𓂉 representing a head, whence the letter name 𐤓𐤀𐤔 (rʾš, “head”).

Letter

𐤓 (r)

1. The twentieth letter of the Phoenician abjad, called resh.

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ρ (R), ρ (r)
  • Cyrillic: Р, р,
  • Old Italic: 𐌓 (r)
    • Latin: R, r
    • Runic: ᚱ
• Aramaic: 𐡓
  • Syriac: ܪ
  • Nabatean: 𐢛
    • Arabic: ر
  • Hebrew: ר

See also

• Phoenician script letters (script appendix): 𐤀, 𐤁, 𐤂, 𐤃, 𐤄, 𐤅, 𐤆, 𐤇, 𐤈, 𐤉, 𐤊, 𐤋, 𐤌, 𐤍, 𐤎, 𐤏, 𐤐, 𐤑, 𐤒, 𐤓, 𐤔, 𐤕 ^[edit]