U+0073 "s" Latin Small Letter S Unicode Character

U+0073 "s" Latin Small Letter S is a fundamental alphabetic symbol in the Latin script, representing the 19th letter of the English alphabet and many other writing systems. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block as a single-byte character, making it universally supported across digital platforms and programming languages. Visually, it features a distinctive curved tail and is used in countless words, symbols, and abbreviations, including the plural form, the possessive case, and scientific notations like seconds in time units. Its role is essential for text communication, coding, and data representation in modern computing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0073
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter S
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	s
HTML Hex Encoding	s
UTF-8 Encoding	0x73
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0073
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000073
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0073

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Narrow
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S
Uppercase Code Point	"S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S
Titlecase Code Point	"S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower