Arabic Letter Teheh

In Sindhi, ٿ marks a t sound released with a puff of air. This is an aspirated t, a consonant made with an audible burst of breath. Inside a Sindhi word, it distinguishes that sound from plain ت.

The standardized Arabic-derived spelling system for Sindhi was introduced in 1853 for official correspondence, schools, and print; added dots marked Sindhi consonant distinctions. A grammar from 1836 wrote Sindhi in ordinary Arabic script before that standard. Those dates describe the writing system's development, not the first use of this exact letter.

Why does its reading change across scripts?

Its reading follows the language’s writing tradition. As of 2026, the same glyph is documented as a voiceless, breathy sound made with the tongue at the teeth in Shughni Arabic writing; as the Mandarin starting sound written q in pinyin, the Latin spelling system for Mandarin, in some Linxia Xiao'erjing manuscripts; and as an obsolete spelling of retroflex t in older Shahmukhi Punjabi texts. Xiao'erjing writes Chinese with Arabic letters; Shahmukhi writes Punjabi in an Arabic-derived script.

In Sindhi, ٿ sits between plain ت and retroflex ٽ in a consonant contrast. The retroflex sound is made with the tongue curled back; ٺ is its aspirated counterpart.