U+3119 "ㄙ" Bopomofo Letter S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄙ
U+3119 "ㄙ" Bopomofo Letter S is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is a transliteration method for Mandarin Chinese, particularly in Taiwan. Representing the initial consonant sound "s", this character corresponds to the pinyin "s" and is employed in educational materials and input methods to teach pronunciation and to spell out the sounds of Chinese characters. Its standardized encoding in Unicode ensures its consistent representation across digital platforms, supporting linguistic study and text processing for Mandarin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3119 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter S |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3119 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003119 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3119 |