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)
  • Aramaic: 𐡓‎‎
    • Syriac: ܪ‎
    • Nabatean: 𐢛
      • Arabic: ر
    • Hebrew: ר

See also