U+05E1 "ס" Hebrew Letter Samekh Unicode Character

U+05E1 "ס" Hebrew Letter Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar fricative sound "s" as in the English word "sun." Its modern square script form is a closed circle, historically derived from a pictograph of a fish or a support pillar. In the Hebrew numbering system known as gematria, the letter Samekh has the numerical value of 60. This character is also notable for its symbolic role in Jewish tradition, often associated with protection and divine support, and it appears in both sacred texts and modern Hebrew writing.