U+FB28 "ﬨ" Hebrew Letter Wide Tav Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+FB28 "ﬨ" Hebrew Letter Wide Tav is a typographic variant of the standard Hebrew letter Tav, specifically designed to be wider for use in justified text or stylistic contexts within certain Hebrew manuscripts and printed works. This character falls under the "Alphabetic Presentation Forms" block, which contains specialized ligatures and contextual forms that are not part of the basic Hebrew alphabet but serve to preserve traditional typesetting practices. While it represents the same sound and function as the regular Tav, its wider appearance helps maintain uniform spacing and visual harmony in lines of text, making it a niche but important character for accurate digital reproduction of historical or liturgical Hebrew documents.
General Properties
Code Point
U+FB28
Name
Hebrew Letter Wide Tav
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﬨ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﬨ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xAC 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFB28
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FB28
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufb28
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Hebrew