U+FF53 "ｓ" Fullwidth Latin Small Letter S Unicode Character
U+FF53 "ｓ" Fullwidth Latin Small Letter S is a typographic variant of the standard Latin lowercase letter "s" that occupies the same horizontal space as a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph, making it a fullwidth character in the Unicode standard. It is part of the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, specifically designed for use in East Asian text environments to ensure proper alignment and visual harmony when Latin letters appear alongside fullwidth punctuation, numbers, and ideographs. This character is commonly employed in documents, web pages, and software interfaces that require mixed-script typesetting, such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean texts, where maintaining consistent character width is essential for readability and aesthetic balance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF53 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Latin Small Letter S |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ｓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ｓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBD 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF53 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff53 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ｓ" U+FF33 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter S |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ｓ" U+FF33 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter S |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ｓ" U+FF33 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter S |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ｓ" U+FF33 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter S |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S |
| 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 | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |