Se (Armenian letter)

Not to be confused with the Latin letter U.

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
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[s]
In Unicode	U+054D, U+057D
Alphabetical position	29
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	2000
Writing direction	Left-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.

Gallery

Various historical fonts

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  Rounded Erkat'agir
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  Angular Erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
• 
  Notrgir
• 
  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form

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

• S s : Latin letter S
• С с : Cyrillic letter Es
• Ⴑ ⴑ ს : Georgian letter Sani
• Σ σ ς : Greek letter Sigma
• U u : Latin letter U
• ꓴ : Lisu letter U

See also

• Armenian alphabet
• Mesrop Mashtots