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Latin letter S with vertical tick below
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(minuscule: ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from S with the addition of a vertical line below it. It is used in Yoruba to represent the sound [ʃ] (like English "sh").

The line is sometimes replaced by a dot, i.e. Ṣ ṣ.

is also the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for a syllabic "s" sound.

Computer encoding

Unicode does not include precomposed characters for S̩ s̩ — they should be represented with a combining character, which may not align properly or may display as squares in some fonts. Nevertheless, the sequence of base character + combining diacritic is given a unique name. In Unicode:

  • : U+0053 S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S + U+0329 ̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW
  • : U+0073 s LATIN SMALL LETTER S + U+0329 ̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW
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Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Letter S with diacritics
Śś Ṥṥ Ŝŝ Šš Ṧṧ S̈s̈ Ṡṡ Şş Ṣṣ Ṩṩ Șș S̩s̩ Ꞩꞩ Ꟊꟊ Ȿȿ Ʂʂ 𝼞 𝼩 Ꟍꟍ
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References

  1. "S | Letter, History, Etymology, & Pronunciation | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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