T-SQL Split Word into characters

Question

I have searched everywhere and I cannot find this implementation anywhere.

Let\'s say I have the word: QWERTY

I want to obtain this table:

Answer 1

Declare @word nvarchar(max)
Select @word = 'Hello This is the test';

with cte (Number)as 
(Select 1
union all 
select Number +1 From cte  where number