U+015D "ŝ" Latin Small Letter S with Circumflex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ŝ
U+015D "ŝ" Latin Small Letter S with Circumflex is a lowercase letter from the Latin script, composed of the base letter 's' combined with a circumflex accent (ˆ) placed above it. This character is primarily used in writing systems for certain languages, most notably in Esperanto where it represents the /ʃ/ sound (as in the English word "ship") and is often considered a distinct letter in its alphabet. In the context of Unicode encoding, it allows for consistent digital representation across platforms, enabling correct display and processing of text in these languages when appropriate fonts are employed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+015D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter S with Circumflex |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter S Circumflex |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S "̂" U+0302 Combining Circumflex Accent |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ŝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ŝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC5 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x015D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000015D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u015d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ŝ" U+015C Latin Capital Letter S with Circumflex |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ŝ" U+015C Latin Capital Letter S with Circumflex |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ŝ" U+015C Latin Capital Letter S with Circumflex |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ŝ" U+015C Latin Capital Letter S with Circumflex |
| 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 |