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ק

hebrew letter qof

Hebrew Letter Qof

ק is the Hebrew letter qof, also called qoph or kuf. In modern Hebrew it normally sounds like k in “kite” and appears inside words. Books may represent it with q to preserve a spelling distinction.

Text symbol

What ק means

It represents a consonant, not a standalone word. Read it with the surrounding text. In Hebrew numeral notation, ק represents 100.

Qof evolved within the alphabet to record a speech sound. Early Hebrew writing appears in the first millennium BCE; the later square Hebrew form developed through script derived from Aramaic, another Semitic language.

Why is qof written q?

The q identifies the letter, not just its sound. Academic transliteration—writing Hebrew letters in Latin letters—uses q for ק and k for כ, keeping different Hebrew spellings distinct.

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Hebrew Letters & Symbols

Who writes ק

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Don't confuse it with

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Hebrew Letter Kaf

Kaf is a different letter. In modern Hebrew, its inner dot, called dagesh, distinguishes k from the throaty kh sound.

Alphabet

Hebrew alphabet27 letters

אבגדהוזחטיכךלמםנןסעפףצץקרשת

Questions people ask

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Why does punctuation move beside ק?

Mixed writing directions. Hebrew reads right to left; Latin text reads left to right. In a mixed message, punctuation placement depends on the surrounding text.

Does qof change at the end of a word?

No. Use the same ק at the end of a Hebrew word.

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How to type or find ק

Also called: qoph · kuf · kof
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 05E7, then AltX to get ק.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hebrew letter qof”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 05e7, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ק

CSS

\05E7

Windows Hebrew

Select the Hebrew layout and press E for ק.

Mac Hebrew–QWERTY

Select this layout and press Q for ק; other Hebrew layouts differ.

Vowel marks

Enter niqqud, the Hebrew vowel marks, separately after ק using a Hebrew input tool that supports them.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ק

HTML hex

ק

CSS content

content: "\05E7";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%D7%A7

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On screen

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Code points

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JS .length

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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֑֖֛֚֒֓֔֕֗֘֙֜