S̩
Latin letter S with vertical tick below
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S̩ (minuscule: s̩) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from S with the addition of a vertical line below it. It is used in Yoruba when written in Nigeria to represent the sound [ʃ] (like English "sh").[1]
The line is sometimes replaced by a dot, i.e. Ṣ ṣ.
[s̩] 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:
- S̩: U+0053 S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S + U+0329 ̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW
- s̩: U+0073 s LATIN SMALL LETTER S + U+0329 ̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW