U+01B7 "Ʒ" Latin Capital Letter Ezh Unicode Character

U+01B7 "Ʒ" Latin Capital Letter Ezh is a letter used in several languages and phonetic transcription systems, primarily representing a voiced postalveolar fricative sound, similar to the "s" in the English word "measure" or the "g" in "mirage." Its lowercase form is "ʒ" (U+0292), and it is most notably employed in the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it symbolizes the same consonant. Beyond phonetics, the Ezh appears in the orthographies of specific languages, such as Skolt Sami and some African languages, where it often denotes a distinct sound not captured by the standard Latin alphabet. Additionally, it is sometimes used in English-based creative writing or as a typographic variant of the yogh (Ȝ) in historical contexts, though the two characters have different origins and Unicode assignments.