# ṛ U+1E5B LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW

Lowercase r with a dot underneath, used in Indic transliteration (Sanskrit, ISO 15919) for the vocalic r sound.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ṛ` |
| Codepoint | U+1E5B |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW |
| Block | [Latin Extended Additional](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-additional) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ṛ` `ṛ` |
| CSS | `\1E5B` |
| JavaScript | `\u1E5B` |
| UTF-8 | E1 B9 9B |
| UTF-16 | 1E5B |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0072 U+0323 |

## Notes

- Indic transliteration
- see ISO 15919 on the use of dot below versus ring below in Indic transliteration

## Related characters

- Ṛ [U+1E5A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5A)
- Ṝ [U+1E5C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW AND MACRON](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5C)
- ṙ [U+1E59 LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E59)
- ṝ [U+1E5D LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW AND MACRON](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5D)
- Ṙ [U+1E58 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E58)
- Ṟ [U+1E5E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5E)
- ṗ [U+1E57 LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E57)
- ṟ [U+1E5F LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5F)
- Ṗ [U+1E56 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E56)
- Ṡ [U+1E60 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E60)
- ṕ [U+1E55 LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E55)
- ṡ [U+1E61 LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E61)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1E5B · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1E5B