ʃ

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See also: ഽ , ʆ , ∫ , ſ , and Ʃ

ʃ U+0283, ʃ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH
← ʂ
 		IPA Extensions ʄ →
ᶴ U+1DB4, ᶴ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ESH
← ᶳ
 		Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶵ →

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) -fricated release of a plosive (e.g. , sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
  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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