U+05D3 "ד" Hebrew Letter Dalet Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ד

U+05D3 "ד" Hebrew Letter Dalet is the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing the sound "d" as in "door". In the Gematria system of Jewish mysticism, it carries the numerical value of four, symbolizing dimensions such as the four directions or the four matriarchs. Its name "Dalet" derives from the Hebrew word for "door," and the letter's shape is traditionally said to evoke a doorway or an impoverished person bending low, reflecting themes of humility and access in Kabbalistic thought.

General Properties

Code Point U+05D3
Version Added 1.1
Name Hebrew Letter Dalet
Block Hebrew
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ד
HTML Hex Encoding ד
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD7 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x05D3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000005D3
C/C++/Java Escape \u05d3

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hebrew Letter
Script Hebrew
Script Extensions Hebrew
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Hebrew Letter
Sentence Break OLetter