Arabic letter Ra (ر)

ر is one of the six letters that never join the letter after them, so it really only has two looks: plain (alone or at the start) and joined from the right (middle or end).

• رAloneon its own
• رStartsame as alone
• ‍رMiddlesame as the end
• ‍رEndjoined from the right

Add a little vowel mark and ر becomes a sound you can say. Fatha on top says a, kasra underneath says i, and damma on top says u. Tap each one.

• رَraFatha
• رِriKasra
• رُruDamma

Coral = fatha (a), blue = kasra (i), green = damma (u). How harakat work →

• رُمَّان

  rumman

  pomegranate

  Hear it
• 🪶

  رِيشَة

  reeshah

  feather

  Hear it
• 🍚

  رُزّ

  ruzz

  rice

  Hear it

ز is ر with one dot on top. و has the same tail, with a round head.