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==Related characters== <!-- Please only list characters (symbols in a writing system, but not just convenience code points in Unicode) that are actually related in terms of origin to the letter that is the topic of this article. Characters that merely look subjectively similar need not apply. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources before adding more. --> ===Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet=== *ſ : Latin letter [[long s]], an obsolete variant of s *ẜ ẝ : Various forms of long s were used for medieval [[scribal abbreviation]]s.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919051622/https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|archive-date=2018-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref> *ẞ ß : [[ß|German Eszett]] or "sharp S", derived from a ligature of long s followed by either s or z *S with [[diacritic]]s: [[Ś|Ś ś]] [[Ṡ|Ṡ ṡ ẛ]] [[Ṩ|Ṩ ṩ]] [[Ṥ|Ṥ ṥ]] [[Ṣ|Ṣ ṣ]] [[S̩|S̩ s̩]] [[Ꞩ|Ꞩ ꞩ]] Ꟊ ꟊ<ref name="L219179">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19179-n5044-tau-gallicum.pdf|title=L2/19-179: Proposal for the addition of four Latin characters for Gaulish|date=2019-05-26|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Chris|last2=Lilley}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=L2/22-113R: Unicode request for two BMP Latin characters|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22113r-two-latin-chars.pdf|date=2022-07-09|first=Kirk|last=Miller}}</ref> [[Ŝ|Ŝ ŝ]] [[Ṧ|Ṧ ṧ]] [[Š|Š š]] [[Ş|Ş ş]] [[S-comma|Ș ș]] [[S̈|S̈ s̈]] [[ᶊ]] [[Ȿ|Ȿ ȿ]] ᵴ<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|title=L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS|date=2003-09-30|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011013938/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref> [[ᶳ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS|date=2004-04-19|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014355/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{not a typo|ₛ}} : Subscript small s was used in the [[Uralic Phonetic Alphabet]] prior to its formal standardization in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|title=L2/09-028: Proposal to encode additional characters for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet|date=2009-01-27|first1=Klaas|last1=Ruppel|first2=Tero|last2=Aalto|first3=Michael|last3=Everson|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014359/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{not a typo|[[ˢ]]}} : Modifier letter small s is used for phonetic transcription. *ꜱ : Small capital S was used in the Icelandic [[First Grammatical Treatise]] to mark [[gemination]].<ref name="auto"/> *Ʂ ʂ : S with hook, used for writing [[Mandarin Chinese]] using the early draft version of [[pinyin]] romanization during the mid-1950s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17013-n4782-latin.pdf|title=L2/17-013: Proposal to encode three uppercase Latin letters used in early Pinyin|date=2017-01-16|first1=Andrew|last1=West|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)|first2=Eiso|last2=Chan|first3=Michael|last3=Everson|author-link3=Michael Everson|access-date=2019-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226054908/https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17013-n4782-latin.pdf|archive-date=2018-12-26|url-status=live}}</ref> *Ƨ ƨ : Latin letter [[Ƨ|reversed S]] (used in [[Standard Zhuang|Zhuang]] transliteration) * 𝼩 : Latin small letter s with mid-height left hook was used by the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] in the early 20th century for [[romanization]] of the [[Malayalam]] language.<ref name="L221156">{{Cite web|title=L2/21-156: Unicode request for legacy Malayalam|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21156-legacy-malayalam.pdf|date=2021-07-16|first1=Kirk|last1=Miller|first2=Neil|last2=Rees}}</ref> *[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]-specific symbols related to S: {{IPA link|ʃ}} {{IPA link|ɧ}}{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} {{IPA link|ʂ}} * Para-IPA version of the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] fricative ɕ:<ref name="L221041">{{Cite web|title=L2/21-041: Unicode request for additional para-IPA letters|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21041-add-para-ipa-ltr.pdf|date=2021-01-11|first=Kirk|last=Miller}}</ref> 𝼞 𐞺 *Ꞅ ꞅ : [[Insular script|Insular]] S *Ꟗ ꟗ : Used in [[Middle Scots]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=L2/19-180R: Proposal to add two characters for Middle Scots to the UCS|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19180r-n5045r-middle-scots-s.pdf|date=2019-04-25|first=Michael|last=Everson}}</ref> *Ꟙ ꟙ : Latin letter Sigmoid S was used in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[palaeography]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=L2/20-269: Proposal to add two SIGMOID S characters for mediaeval palaeography|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20269-n5146-sigmoid-s.pdf|date=2020-10-01|first=Michael|last=Everson}}</ref> ===Derived signs, symbols, and abbreviations=== [[File:Sortavala Coat of Arms.svg|thumb|upright|A letter S in the coat of arms of [[Sortavala]]]] *$ : [[Dollar sign]] *₷ : [[Spesmilo]] *§ : [[§|Section sign]] *{{not a typo|℠}} : [[Service mark symbol]] *∫ : [[Integral symbol]], short for [[summation]] (derived from long s) ===Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets=== * 𐤔 : [[Phoenician alphabet|Semitic]] letter [[Shin (letter)|Shin]], from which the following symbols originally derive: **[[Archaic Greek alphabets|archaic Greek]] [[Sigma]] could be written with different numbers of angles and strokes. Besides the classical form with four strokes ({{GrGl|Sigma normal}}), a three-stroke form resembling an angular Latin S ({{GrGl|Sigma Z-shaped}}) was commonly found, and was particularly characteristic of some mainland Greek varieties, including the Attic and several "red" alphabets. ***Σ: [[Greek alphabet|classical Greek]] letter [[Sigma]] ****Ϲ ϲ: Greek [[lunate sigma]] *****{{Script|Copt|Ⲥ ⲥ}} : [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] letter sima *****С с : [[Cyrillic]] letter [[Es (Cyrillic)|Es]], derived from a form of sigma ***𐌔 : [[Old Italic script|Old Italic]] letter S, includes the variants also found in the archaic Greek letter ****S: [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letter S ****{{Script|Runr|ᛊ, ᛋ, ᛌ}} : [[Runes|Runic]] letter [[Sowilō|sowilo]], which is derived from Old Italic S ***{{Script|Goth|𐍃}}: [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] letter sigil * Ս : [[Armenian alphabet|Armenian letter]] [[Se (letter)|Se]]
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