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A letter s with a rightward tail, for a retroflex s.
Also known as: ʂ, S with hook, Retroflex s
In the International Phonetic Alphabet this letter denotes a voiceless retroflex fricative, made with the tongue tip curled back towards the hard palate. It occurs in Mandarin Chinese, Polish and several South Asian languages.
Denotes a voiceless retroflex fricative, a sibilant made with the tongue tip curled back behind the alveolar ridge.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is the sound written sh in the pinyin romanisation of Mandarin and sz in Polish, contrasting in both with a separate postalveolar sibilant.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A lower-case letter s whose foot extends into a curve turning to the right below the writing line.