Unicode Character "ש" (U+05E9)

The character ש (HEBREW LETTER SHIN) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+05E9. It is encoded in the Hebrew block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ש.

Main Unicode Properties

Name HEBREW LETTER SHIN
Unicode Codepoint U+05E9
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Hebrew
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Hebrew
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+05E9 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ש
HTML (hex) ש
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D7%A9
CSS \05E9
JavaScript \u{05E9}
JSON \u05E9
C, C++ \U000005E9
Java \u05E9
Python \U000005E9
Rust \u{05E9}
Ruby \u{05E9}

How to type "ש"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 5 E 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 5 E 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD7 0xA9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x05E9
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000005E9

Characters based on "ש" (U+05E9)

References