U+05DB "כ" Hebrew Letter Kaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
כ
U+05DB "כ" Hebrew Letter Kaf is the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and represents the sound /k/, though it can also produce a fricative /χ/ (like the "ch" in "Bach") when it lacks a dagesh, a dot placed inside the letter. It is a consonant that appears in two forms: the standard medial shape used in the beginning and middle of words, and a final form ( ך, Unicode U+05DA) that is employed when the letter ends a word. In the Hebrew numeric system of gematria, the letter Kaf carries the numerical value of twenty, reflecting its linguistic and cultural significance as a foundational element of written and spoken Hebrew.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05DB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Kaf |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | כ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | כ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05DB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005DB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05db |