U+02E2 "ˢ" Modifier Letter Small S Unicode Character

U+02E2 "ˢ" Modifier Letter Small S is a superscript form of the lowercase letter S, classified within the Spacing Modifier Letters block, and is primarily used in phonetic transcription, particularly in the International Phonetic Alphabet and other linguistic notation systems, to indicate a secondary articulation, a reduced or non-syllabic sound, or to mark the voicelessness or devoicing of an adjacent segment. It can also appear in Americanist phonetic notation or as a diacritic-like marker in some orthographies, where its small size and raised position allow it to modify the meaning of a base character without altering the line spacing of the text.