U+072B "ܫ" Syriac Letter Shin Unicode Character

U+072B "ܫ" Syriac Letter Shin is the twenty-second letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the voiceless postalveolar fricative sound /ʃ/, similar to the English "sh" in "ship". It corresponds to the Hebrew letter Shin and the Arabic letter Sheen, and its distinctive shape, often featuring a curved top with a small tail, is used in all three major Syriac scripts including Estrangela, Eastern, and Western. In Syriac writing, this letter frequently serves as a shorthand symbol for the name of God, Yeshu (Jesus), due to its role as the first letter of the Syriac word for "Jesus" and is also employed in liturgical contexts and historical manuscripts.