U+05E3 "ף" Hebrew Letter Final Pe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ף

U+05E3 "ף" Hebrew Letter Final Pe is the contextual final form of the Hebrew letter Pe, used exclusively at the end of a word, where it replaces the standard "פ" form. In the Hebrew alphabet, this character carries a numeric value of 80 in gematria and represents a bilabial /p/ sound, though when a dagesh is absent it softens to an /f/ sound. Unlike its medial counterpart, the final Pe is always closed at the bottom and has a distinct, extended vertical stroke, making it visually unique in position-dependent Hebrew script.

General Properties

Code Point U+05E3
Version Added 1.1
Name Hebrew Letter Final Pe
Block Hebrew
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ף
HTML Hex Encoding ף
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD7 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x05E3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000005E3
C/C++/Java Escape \u05e3

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