See also: [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]
In italic typeface, the derivation of esh (right) from long ess (left) is apparent.

Translingual

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Alternative forms

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  • The form varies between curvy: an 's' stretched vertically – and straight: a vertical line with a right hook at top and a left hook at bottom. The glyph in the box at right has an intermediate form.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA:(file)

Symbol

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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:

See also

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  • With palatal curl: ʆ
  • With retroflex tail:

Further reading

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Xhosa

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Etymology

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From IPA ʃ.

Letter

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ʃ (upper case Ʃ)

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