# ẞ U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S

Capital sharp s, the uppercase form of the German eszett (ß), used in all-caps German text.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ẞ` |
| Codepoint | U+1E9E |
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S |
| Block | [Latin Extended Additional](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-additional) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Unicode version | 5.1 |
| HTML | `ẞ` `ẞ` |
| CSS | `\1E9E` |
| JavaScript | `\u1E9E` |
| UTF-8 | E1 BA 9E |
| UTF-16 | 1E9E |

## Notes

- not used in Swiss High German
- lowercase is 00DF

## Related characters

- ẝ [U+1E9D LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH HIGH STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9D)
- ẟ [U+1E9F LATIN SMALL LETTER DELTA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9F)
- ẜ [U+1E9C LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9C)
- Ạ [U+1EA0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA0)
- ẛ [U+1E9B LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9B)
- ạ [U+1EA1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA1)
- ẚ [U+1E9A LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RIGHT HALF RING](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9A)
- Ả [U+1EA2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA2)
- ẙ [U+1E99 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH RING ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E99)
- ả [U+1EA3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH HOOK ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA3)
- ẘ [U+1E98 LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH RING ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E98)
- Ấ [U+1EA4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1EA4)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1E9E · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1E9E