U+05D8 "ט" Hebrew Letter Tet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ט
U+05D8 "ט" Hebrew Letter Tet is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing the sound /t/ and historically derived from the Phoenician letter Teth. In the Hebrew numeral system, it holds the numeric value of nine, and its shape is believed to have evolved from an ancient pictograph of a basket or coil. In Jewish mystical traditions, the letter Tet symbolizes goodness and hidden divine bounty, as it is the first letter of the Hebrew word "tov," meaning good.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05D8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Tet |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ט |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ט |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05d8 |