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r

latin small letter r

Lowercase r

Lowercase r is the small form of the Latin letter R. In informal English texting, a lone r often stands for “are”, as in “How r u?”. A message containing only r needs context before you can tell what the sender means.

Text symbol

What r means

It can replace the English word “are.” Read “How r u?” as “How are you?” If someone sends only r and that expansion makes no sense in your conversation, ask what they meant rather than guessing.

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Who writes r

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Don't confuse it with

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rn The letters r and n side by side can resemble m in cramped or low-resolution type. Check the whole word; enlarging the text may separate the shapes.

Combination ideas

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Informal English for “How are you?”

Questions people ask

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Why does r show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find r

Search it as: small r
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 0072, then AltX to get r.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “latin small letter r”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0072, then Enter or Space.

HTML

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CSS

\0072

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

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HTML hex

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CSS content

content: "\0072";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

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On screen

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Code points

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JS .length

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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