U05D6

U+05D6 is the Unicode code point designated for the Hebrew letter Zayin, the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In Unicode naming, the character is HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN, and it is part of the Hebrew block used to encode Hebrew text in digital formats. The character represents the consonant /z/ in Hebrew writing and is used in standard square-script Hebrew as well as in transliterations that employ the Hebrew alphabet.

Zayin has a numeric value of 7 in Hebrew gematria. Unlike some other Hebrew letters, it does not have a distinct final form; it remains the same shape in initial, medial, and final positions within words. In modern Hebrew, the pronunciation is typically a voiced alveolar fricative /z/, and the letter appears in countless everyday words, proper names, and academic terms.

In terms of typography and encoding, U+05D6 is a single code point within the Unicode Hebrew block, which supports the letter’s use in plain text, as well as in texts that include vowel points (niqquot) for pronunciation guidance. Like other Hebrew characters, Zayin is written right-to-left and participates in bidirectional text processing when mixed with scripts of different directions.

See also: Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew block in Unicode, Hebrew numerals, U+05D5 (VAV) as a nearby letter for reference.