U+015E "Ş" Latin Capital Letter S with Cedilla Unicode Character
U+015E "Ş" Latin Capital Letter S with Cedilla is a modified version of the standard Latin letter S, distinguished by a small hook or cedilla attached beneath it. This character is primarily used in several languages, such as Turkish, Romanian, Azerbaijani, and Kurdish, where it represents a specific sound, often the voiceless postalveolar fricative, similar to the "sh" sound in English. In Turkish orthography, it is a distinct letter of the alphabet, separate from the plain S, and its presence changes the pronunciation and meaning of words. The cedilla diacritic originates from medieval Spanish scribal practices, and the character is encoded in Unicode as part of the Latin Extended-A block, ensuring its consistent representation across digital systems and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+015E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter S with Cedilla |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Capital Letter S Cedilla |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S "̧" U+0327 Combining Cedilla |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ş |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ş |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC5 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x015E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000015E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u015e |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| Simple Case Folding | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| Case Folding | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ş" U+015F Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla |
| 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 | Upper |