Se (Armenian letter)

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.

Se
Ս ս
Shghagir variant of Se
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usage[s]
Unicode codepointU+054D, U+057D
Alphabetical position29
Numerical value: 2000
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

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewՍս
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SEH ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SEH
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1357U+054D1405U+057D
UTF-8213 141D5 8D213 189D5 BD
Numeric character referenceՍՍսս

See also

References


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