# ẜ U+1E9C LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE

Long s (like an elongated f-shaped s) with a diagonal stroke through it, used for medievalist abbreviations and in old Latvian and Lower Sorbian blackletter orthography.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ẜ` |
| Codepoint | U+1E9C |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE |
| Block | [Latin Extended Additional](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-additional) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 5.1 |
| HTML | `ẜ` `ẜ` |
| CSS | `\1E9C` |
| JavaScript | `\u1E9C` |
| UTF-8 | E1 BA 9C |
| UTF-16 | 1E9C |

## Notes

- medievalist use for several abbreviations
- used in pre-1921 Latvian orthography
- used in Blackletter types of pre-1950 Lower Sorbian orthography

## Related characters

- ẛ [U+1E9B LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9B)
- ẝ [U+1E9D LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH HIGH STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9D)
- ẚ [U+1E9A LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RIGHT HALF RING](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9A)
- ẞ [U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9E)
- ẙ [U+1E99 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH RING ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E99)
- ẟ [U+1E9F LATIN SMALL LETTER DELTA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9F)
- ẘ [U+1E98 LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH RING ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E98)
- Ạ [U+1EA0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA0)
- ẗ [U+1E97 LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E97)
- ạ [U+1EA1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA1)
- ẖ [U+1E96 LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E96)
- Ả [U+1EA2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA2)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1E9C