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R facts for kids
| The Latin alphabet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
| Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
| Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
| Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
| Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | ||
R is the eighteenth (number 18) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for R
- On calendars, R is sometimes used as an short letter for Thursday instead of T, to avoid mistakes with Tuesday.
- In chess, R is a notation symbol for the rook piece.
- In geometry, R is most times a variable for the radius of a circle
- In navigation, R means the direction "right."
- In movies, R means "restricted."
- In Wheel of Fortune, R is one of the six letters given to any contestant participating in the "Bonus Round."
Images for kids
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Writing cursive forms of R
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The word prognatus as written on the Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (280 BC) shows the full development of the Latin R by that time; the letter P at the same time still retains its archaic shape distinguishing it from Greek or Old Italic rho.
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Late medieval illuminated initial
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18th-century example of use of r rotunda in English blackletter typography
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Letter R from the alphabet by Luca Pacioli, in De divina proportione (1509)