S/s
19th letter of the basic Latin alphabet
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Summary
S/s ranks in the top 1% of latin script letter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,612 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: Latin-script letter[2], consonant letter[3]
- Writing system: Latin script[4]
- Part of: Polish alphabet[5], English alphabet[6], Czech alphabet[7], Esperanto alphabet[8], Breton alphabet[9], Romanian alphabet[10], Slovak alphabet[11], Turkish alphabet[12], Italian alphabet[13], French alphabet[14], Finnish alphabet[15], Africa Alphabet[16], African reference alphabet[17], Pan-Nigerian alphabet[18]
- Commons category: S[19]
- Unicode character: S[20], Ｓ[21], Ⓢ[22], 🄢[23], ⒮[24], 🆂[25], 🅂[26], 🄪[27], 🅢[28]
- Has part(s): S[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:S[30]
- Commons gallery: S[31]
- Depicted by: Braille pattern dots-234[32]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35], Norsk Haandlexikon[36]
- Different from: Ѕ/ѕ[37], dollar sign[38], S[39], 𐆌[40]
- Code: ...[41], Sierra[42], S[43]
Why It Matters
S/s has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] S/s is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]