U+1E61 "ṡ" Latin Small Letter S with Dot Above Unicode Character

U+1E61 "ṡ" Latin Small Letter S with Dot Above is a specialized glyph used primarily in linguistic transcription and certain orthographies, such as older Irish or Middle English texts, to indicate a specific phonetic value like a voiced or palatalized "s" sound. It consists of a standard lowercase "s" with a small dot positioned directly above the letter, distinguishing it from the plain "s" and other diacritic variants. This character is part of the Latin Extended Additional block, which supports a wide range of scholarly and historical writing systems.