U+05DA "ך" Hebrew Letter Final Kaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ך
U+05DA "ך" Hebrew Letter Final Kaf is a typographic variant of the Hebrew letter Kaf, specifically used only when it appears at the end of a word. Unlike the standard Kaf (כ), which has a bent or open shape, the final form features a long, straight vertical stroke that descends below the baseline, distinguishing it as one of five Hebrew letters that change their appearance in final position. This character represents the voiceless velar plosive sound /k/ and, in modern Hebrew, is identical in pronunciation to the regular Kaf without a dagesh. It appears in biblical and modern Hebrew texts, including liturgical and everyday writing, and is encoded in Unicode as part of the Hebrew block for consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05DA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Final Kaf |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ך |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ך |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05DA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005DA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05da |