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Se (Armenian letter)

Se
Ս ս
Shghagir variant of Se
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values[s]
In UnicodeU+054D, U+057D
Alphabetical position29
History
Development
Yerkatagir (5th-9th centuries)
  • Yerkatagir (until the 12th century)
    • Bolorgir
      • Notrgir
        • Ս ս
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers2000
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Se or Seh (majuscule: Ս, minuscule: ս; Armenian: սե) is the twenty-ninth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 2000.[1] It represents the voiceless alveolar sibilant (/s/) in both Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD, it is homoglyphic to the Latin letter U.

Various historical fonts

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ս ս
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SEH ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SEH
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1357 U+054D 1405 U+057D
UTF-8 213 141 D5 8D 213 189 D5 BD
Numeric character reference Ս Ս ս ս

See also

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