Esh (letter)

Esh (majuscule: Ʃ Unicode U+01A9, minuscule: ʃ Unicode U+0283) is a character used in phonology to represent the voiceless postalveolar fricative (English ⟨sh⟩, as in "ship").

This article is about the letter ʃ ("esh"). For the IPA symbol, see voiceless postalveolar fricative. For the letter esh 𐑇 in the Deseret alphabet, see Deseret alphabet.
Not to be confused with ezh, the letter's voiced counterpart; the letter ſ (the "long s"); the integral symbol (∫); or the Greek letter sigma (Σ).
Esh
Ʃ ʃ
(See below)
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and Logographic
Language of originLatin language
Phonetic usage[ʃ]
/ˈɛʃ/
Unicode codepointU+01A9, U+0283
History
Development
          • Σ σ ς
            • ς
              • 𐌔
                • S s
                  • S ſ
                    • Ʃ ʃ
Time period1847 to present
DescendantsNone
Sisters

Disputed:

Variations(See below)
Other
Other letters commonly used withs(x), sh, š
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
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