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U+05DB · HEBREW LETTER KAF

Hebrew Letter Kaf

  • CodepointU+05DB
  • NameHEBREW LETTER KAF
  • Decimal1499
  • BlockHebrew (U+0590–U+05FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptHebrew
  • CategoryLo — Other Letter
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classR — Right-to-Left
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+05DB (כ) is HEBREW LETTER KAF, a letter in the Hebrew block. It belongs to the Hebrew script. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It is a strong right-to-left character (bidirectional class R), so it sets the direction of the text around it. See bidirectional text.

How to type כ

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8D7 9B2 bytes
UTF-1605DB1 code unit
UTF-32000005DB4 bytes
HTML decimalכ
HTML hexכ
CSS\5DBin content: "…"
JavaScript\u05DB
JSON\u05DB
Python\u05DB
Python\N{HEBREW LETTER KAF}by name
Java / C#\u05DB
C / C++\u05DBuniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{5DB}
Go\u05DB
Ruby\u05DB
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(1499)
URL-encoded%D7%9Bpercent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+FB24ﬤHebrew Letter Wide Kaf
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Characters built on כ

U+FB3BכּHebrew Letter Kaf with Dagesh U+FB4DכֿHebrew Letter Kaf with Rafe U+FB24ﬤHebrew Letter Wide Kaf
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Nearby in Hebrew

All in block →
U+05D5וHebrew Letter Vav U+05D6זHebrew Letter Zayin U+05D7חHebrew Letter Het U+05D8טHebrew Letter Tet U+05D9יHebrew Letter Yod U+05DAךHebrew Letter Final Kaf U+05DCלHebrew Letter Lamed U+05DDםHebrew Letter Final Mem U+05DEמHebrew Letter Mem U+05DFןHebrew Letter Final Nun U+05E0נHebrew Letter Nun U+05E1סHebrew Letter Samekh