Lisu Letter Sa

ꓢ spells Lisu s, normally with an unwritten open “ah” vowel. Its Latin-derived shape belongs to the Fraser (Old Lisu) script, not Latin itself.

Text symbol

What ꓢ means

It spells Lisu s, normally with an open “ah” vowel.

A consonant’s unwritten default vowel is called the inherent vowel; a following vowel letter replaces it.

Why does ꓢ look like Latin S?

Ba Thaw adapted Latin capital shapes to create the Fraser script.

Ba Thaw, a Karen evangelist from Myanmar, created it in 1908–1914. James Outram Fraser and Lisu pastors revised it for Christian teaching, Bible, and hymn publishing; Burmese writing influenced its tone marks.

Also called Old Lisu, it differs from New Lisu, a Latin-letter system devised in China in the 1950s.

Part of the collection

ꓡ

Lisu Alphabet

Who writes ꓢ

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Don't confuse it with

Latin Capital Letter S

Latin S is separate; it cannot replace ꓢ in Lisu text.

Questions people ask

Why does ꓢ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.