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t

latin small letter t

Latin small letter t

A lone lowercase t is the letter t of the Latin alphabet, the small form of T. Its English name is pronounced “tee,” and it mostly does its work inside words. Read a t sent on its own as shorthand only when the conversation makes the meaning clear.

Text symbol

What t means

On its own, it carries no fixed meaning. Lowercase writing can make a message feel casual, but it does not explain a single t. If you can't tell what it stands for, ask the sender.

Why does lowercase t look different?

Your font draws the letter differently. Some fonts, especially plain sans-serif designs, draw a straight, symmetrical t instead of one with a curved foot. The character underneath stays the same.

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IPA Phonetic Symbols

Who writes t

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Don't confuse it with

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Fullwidth Latin Small Letter T

The same letter in double-width form, typed or pasted from East Asian input. It looks wider.

Circled Latin Small Letter T

Circled small t: an enclosed styled copy used in decorative text. Search and copy treat it as a different character.

Mathematical Bold Small T

A styled copy from the math alphanumerics block, common in pasted social-media text.

Mathematical Italic Small T

A styled copy common in pasted text. It looks like t but is a different character.

Questions people ask

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Why does t show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find t

Also called: tee
Search it as: lowercase t · small t
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 0074, then AltX to get t.

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 “latin small letter t”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0074, then Enter or Space.

HTML

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CSS

\0074

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

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HTML hex

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CSS content

content: "\0074";

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

URL encoded

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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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