# Old English Letter R

> The Old English (Fraktur) letter R: copyable forms, how it is built and what it is confused with.

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| Form | Character | Code point |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fraktur capital | ℜ | U+211C (Letterlike Symbols) |
| Fraktur lowercase | 𝔯 | U+1D52F |
| Bold Fraktur capital | 𝕽 | U+1D57D |
| Bold Fraktur lowercase | 𝖗 | U+1D597 |

## How the Old English R is built

The capital R (ℜ) is the Letterlike Symbols version, best known as the maths symbol for 'real part'. It has a bowl like P with a leg that kicks out. The lowercase r is a minim with a small flag.

## Easily confused with

Lowercase r and lowercase x can look alike in Fraktur because the x has a hooked left stroke.

## Where people use it

R is searched for R.I.P. memorial pieces, surnames such as Rodriguez, and words like Respect.

## Example words

- Rose: 𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊
- Respect: 𝕽𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙
- Rodriguez: 𝕽𝖔𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖚𝖊𝖟
- Rebel: 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑
- R.I.P.: 𝕽.𝕴.𝕻.

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