R with stroke

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R with stroke (majuscule: Ɍ, minuscule: ɍ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet, derived from R with the addition of a flat bar through the middle of the letter. It should not be confused with ℞, a symbol used for medical prescriptions.

Usage

It is used in the Kanuri language, where it represents a voiced retroflex consonant sound, although the exact manner of articulation is unclear and may vary between a lateral approximant [ɭ], a lateral tap [𝼈], or a non-lateral tap [ɽ].^[1]

It also appears in Tunisian Arabic transliteration (based on Maltese with additional letters).^{[citation needed]}

Ɍ was also used in the Unified Northern Alphabet, which was based on Latin rather than Cyrillic letters because it was developed during the later-cancelled process of Latinisation in the Soviet Union. However, this character was only used within the UNA for the Aleut language.^[2]

Code positions

Character information
Preview	Ɍ		ɍ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH STROKE		LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH STROKE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	588	U+024C	589	U+024D
UTF-8	201 140	C9 8C	201 141	C9 8D
Numeric character reference	Ɍ	Ɍ	ɍ	ɍ

References

^ Jarrett, Kevin (2003). Blench, Roger (ed.). A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern Niger and NE Nigeria (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ Материалы 1 Всесоюзной Конференции по развитию языков и письменности народов Севера [Proceedings of the 1st All-Union Conference on the Development of Languages and Writing of the Peoples of the North] (in Russian). 1932. pp. 104, 114. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

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[1] Jarrett, Kevin (2003). Blench, Roger (ed.). A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern Niger and NE Nigeria (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2025.

[2] Материалы 1 Всесоюзной Конференции по развитию языков и письменности народов Севера [Proceedings of the 1st All-Union Conference on the Development of Languages and Writing of the Peoples of the North] (in Russian). 1932. pp. 104, 114. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

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v t e The letter R
General	Rhotic consonants (R-like sounds) Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers Pronunciation of English /r/ Rhoticity in English R-colored vowel Rhotacism Guttural R Linking and intrusive R
Pronunciations	Voiceless alveolar trill [r̥] Voiced alveolar trill [r] Voiced alveolar or postalveolar approximant [ɹ] Voiceless alveolar tap [ɾ̥] Voiced alveolar tap [ɾ] Voiced alveolar lateral flap [ɺ] Voiced retroflex approximant [ɻ] Voiced retroflex flap [ɽ] Voiced retroflex trill [ɽr] Voiced velar approximant [ɰ] Voiced velar bunched approximant [ɹ̈] Voiceless velar fricative [x] Voiced velar fricative [ɣ] Voiceless uvular trill [ʀ̥] Voiced uvular trill [ʀ] Voiceless uvular fricative [χ] Voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] Voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] Voiceless glottal fricative [h] Voiced glottal fricative [ɦ]
Variations	Ꝛꝛ (R rotunda) Ꞃꞃ (Insular) Ɽɽ (R with tail) Ɍɍ (R with stroke) Ʀʀ Ȑȑ Ŕŕ Ŗŗ Řř Ȓȓ R̃r̃ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ R̄r̄ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Rd Rh Rl Rm Rn Rp Rr Rs Rt Rw Rz Rnd ᚱ (Raidô) ℝ (Real number) ® (Registered trademark symbol) Ⓡ (Enclosed R) ℞ (Medical prescription)