ʃ

See also: ഽ [U+0D3D MALAYALAM SIGN AVAGRAHA], ʆ [U+0286 LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH CURL], ∫ [U+222B INTEGRAL], ſ [U+017F LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S], and Ʃ [U+01A9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ESH]

ʃ U+0283, ʃ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH
← ʂ
[U+0282] 		IPA Extensions ʄ →
[U+0284]
ᶴ U+1DB4, ᶴ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ESH
← ᶳ
[U+1DB3] 		Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶵ →
[U+1DB5]

Translingual

Etymology

Introduced by Isaac Pitman in his 1847 Phonotypic Alphabet, based on the italic form of the long s (ſ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(file)

Symbol

ʃ

  1. (IPA) a voiceless palatoalveolar sibilant.
    Coordinate term: (voiced palatoalveolar fricative) ʒ
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶴ⟩, IPA) [ʃ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [tᶴ], sometimes implying an affricate [t͜ʃ]); [ʃ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ʃ].
  3. (some Italian dictionaries) voiced alveolar fricative (/z/)
    Synonym: ṡ

See also
  • With palatal curl: ʆ
  • With retroflex tail: ᶘ

Further reading

Xhosa

Etymology

From IPA ʃ.

Letter

ʃ (upper case Ʃ)

  1. Obsolete letter formerly used to represent the phoneme /ʃ/. Replaced by sh.
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