Se (Armenian letter)
Appearance
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Ս ս | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | [s] |
In Unicode | U+054D, U+057D |
Alphabetical position | 29 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 2000 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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.
Gallery
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Rounded erkat'agir
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Angular erkat'agir
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Bolorgir
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Notrgir
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Shghagir
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Handwritten form
Computing codes
[edit]Preview | Ս | ս | ||
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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 |
Related characters and other similar characters
[edit]- S s : Latin letter S
- С с : Cyrillic letter Es
- Ⴑ ⴑ ს : Georgian letter Sani
- Σ σ ς : Greek letter Sigma
- U u : Latin letter U
- ꓴ : Lisu letter U
See also
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