Unicode Character "š" (U+0161)

The character š (Latin Small Letter S With Caron) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0161. It is encoded in the Latin Extended-A block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as š.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Latin Small Letter S With Caron
Unicode Codepoint U+0161
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Latin Extended-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Character Case

Case Lowercase
Uppercase character Š (U+0160)

Other Unicode Data

Category Lowercase Letter
Script Latin
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+0161 Conversion

HTML (decimal) š
HTML (hex) š
HTML (named) š
URL Escape Code %C5%A1
CSS \000161
JavaScript, JSON \u0161
C, C++, Java \u0161
Python \u0161
Rust \u{0161}
Ruby \u0161

How to type "š"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 1 6 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 1 6 1. Release Alt.

Preview

  • š
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • š
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • š
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC5 0xA1
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0161
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000161

Characters based on "š" (U+0161)

  • ṧ U+1E67

    Latin Small Letter S With Caron And Dot Above

References