R
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This article is about the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. For the reversed version, see Я. For other uses, see R (disambiguation).
R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ar (pronounced /ˈɑːr/), plural ars,[1] or in Ireland or /ˈɔːr/.[2]
For technical reasons, "R#J" redirects here. For the film, see R and J.
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
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Unicode codepoint | U+0052, U+0072 |
Alphabetical position | 18 |
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Time period | from c. 50 AD |
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Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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The letter ⟨r⟩ is the eighth most common letter in English and the fourth-most common consonant, after ⟨t⟩, ⟨n⟩, and ⟨s⟩.[3]