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Se (Armenian letter)

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Letter in the Armenian alphabet Not to be confused with the Latin letter U.
Se
Ս ս
Shghagir variant of Se
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values
In UnicodeU+054D, U+057D
Alphabetical position29
Numerical value: 2000
History
DevelopmentYerkatagir (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. 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.

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

Related characters and other similar characters

See also

References

  1. "Ս տառը բացատրություն, s tary bacatrutyun, ս տառը հոմանիշ, ս տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, ս տառը հականիշ, ս տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, ս տառը դարձվածքներ".
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