U05E8

U+05E8 is the Unicode code point for the Hebrew letter Resh. Resh is the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and represents the consonant sound commonly transcribed as “r” in Hebrew script.

In Hebrew gematria, Resh has the value 200. The glyph used in modern Hebrew is the standard letter ר; there is no separate final-form variant for Resh.

Within Unicode, the character bears the official name HEBREW LETTER RESH and is part of the Hebrew block (U+0590 to U+05FF). It is categorized as a Letter, Other and is used to encode Hebrew text in digital form.

Phonetically, the pronunciation of Resh varies by dialect. In Modern Hebrew it is a rhotic consonant, typically realized as a voiced uvular fricative or an alveolar approximant depending on the speaker. Resh is used not only in Hebrew but also in languages that employ the Hebrew script, such as Yiddish and various Judeo-Lersian transliterations.