ʂ

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ʂ U+0282, ʂ
LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH HOOK
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IPA Extensions ʃ

Translingual

Pronunciation

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Symbol

ʂ

  1. (IPA) a voiceless retroflex sibilant.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶳ⟩, IPA) -fricated release of a plosive (e.g. or ), sometimes implying an affricate (e.g. ⟨ʈᶳ⟩ for ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .

See also

  • ʐ (voiced retroflex fricative)

See also

Mandarin

Letter

ʂ (upper case )

  1. (obsolete) A letter of the draft Pinyin alphabet of the 1950s; used to represent /ʂ/ and corresponds to modern ⟨sh⟩.