“Š” U+0160: Latin Capital Letter S With Caron

Š Latin Capital Letter S With Caron

U+0160
Š

ℹ️ About

The Latin Capital Letter S With Caron (Š) is a character used in many Balto-Slavic, Finno-Ugric, and other languages to represent the voiceless postalveolar fricative (the “sh” sound). It consists of a base letter “S” modified by a caron (haček) accent. It is a fundamental character in the orthographies of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Estonian.

⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with š (U+0161), its lowercase counterpart, or Ś (U+015A) with an acute accent.

Codes

HTML Š
CSS \0160
Python \u0160

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