Chet

The eighth character of the Hebrew alphabet is Chet, pronounced with a guttural 'ch' as in the German 'Bach'. This is one of the more common or well-known Hebrew characters, one that is often described as sounding as if you are gargling without water:

Note that in this particular character example, there is a clear bridge between two characters that both look like an 'uncrowned' Zayin.

As you would probably expect however, the way that the characters are written varies. In some cases, the 'bridge' is not as evident as in this example which is one of the reasons why Chet can easily be confused with other letters:

This should not cause any major problems once you are used to the different ways that characters can be written, but it is something that you need to be aware of.

Introduction to Reading Hebrew
The first basics
The Hebrew AlephBet
The Letters of the AlephBet
Aleph
Bet (Beyt)
Gimmel
Dalet
Hey
Vav
Zayin
Chet
Tet
Yod
Kaf
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
Pey (Fey)
Tsade (Tsadik)
Qof
Resh
Shin
Tav
The Significance of the Alephbet
The Basics of Hebrew Verbs
The Hebrew Verb Subject
The Hebrew Verb Object
Hebrew Verb Tenses
Hebrew Verb Voices and Moods
Hebrew Verb Participles
The Infinite Verb Version
Hebrew Nouns
Hebrew Noun Constructs
Using Prefixes With Nouns
Hebrew Pronouns
Hebrew Plural Nouns
Hebrew Adjectives
Identifying Hebrew Questions
Adverbs, Prepositions and Conjunctions
Hebrew Reading Conclusion