ʃ

See also: ഽ [U+0D3D MALAYALAM SIGN AVAGRAHA], ʆ [U+0286 LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH CURL], ∫ [U+222B INTEGRAL], ſ [U+017F LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S], and Ʃ [U+01A9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ESH]

ʃ U+0283, ʃ LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH ← ʂ [U+0282] IPA Extensions ʄ → [U+0284]

ᶴ U+1DB4, ᶴ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ESH ← ᶳ [U+1DB3] Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶵ → [U+1DB5]

Translingual

Etymology

Introduced by Isaac Pitman in his 1847 Phonotypic Alphabet, based on the italic form of the long s (ſ).

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

ʃ

1. (IPA) a voiceless palatoalveolar sibilant.

   Coordinate term: (voiced palatoalveolar fricative) ʒ

2. (superscript ⟨ᶴ⟩, IPA) [ʃ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [tᶴ], sometimes implying an affricate [t͜ʃ]); [ʃ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ʃ].
3. (some Italian dictionaries) voiced alveolar fricative (/z/)

   Synonym: ṡ

See also

• With palatal curl: ʆ
• With retroflex tail: ᶘ

Further reading

• Voiceless postalveolar fricative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Letter esh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Xhosa

Etymology

From IPA ʃ.

Letter

ʃ (upper case Ʃ)

1. Obsolete letter formerly used to represent the phoneme /ʃ/. Replaced by sh.