U+00DF "ß" Latin Small Letter Sharp S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+00DF "ß" Latin Small Letter Sharp S is a unique letter in the German alphabet, historically derived from a ligature of “ſz” (long s and z) and used to represent the voiceless s sound, as in the word “Straße” (street). It is primarily employed in German orthography, where it appears only in lowercase and is typically capitalized as “SS” in all-caps writing, though a capital “ẞ” (U+1E9E) has been officially recognized since 2017. Outside of German, the character is rarely used but appears in a few other languages and contexts, such as in some orthographies for Romansh and occasionally in linguistic transcription.
General Properties
Code Point
U+00DF
Name
Latin Small Letter Sharp S
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ß
HTML Hex Encoding
ß
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC3 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x00DF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000000DF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u00df
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin