What ₛ means
Its role depends on the phonetic notation. ₛ is a distinct subscript sign, not a universal symbol for one sound. The notation key or surrounding letters tell you what it marks.
The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, a system for writing sounds in Uralic languages, used ₛ before its formal standardization in 1902. A 1972 source on Quebec French phonetics used subscript s for fricative release—the friction heard as a consonant is released.
Specialist notation; its reading depends on the transcription system.
Without the notation key, do not infer one universal sound value.
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Who writes ₛ
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Can I use ₛ as a regular subscript in an equation?
Usually no. Use your editor’s subscript formatting for ordinary equations or styled text; ₛ is its own character and belongs where a notation specifically calls for it.
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How to type or find ₛ
- Also called
- subscript s
- Search it as
- phonetic s · s below · lowered s · subscript letter s
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ₛ\209BCodes and encoding1 code points
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