ܣ Syriac Letter Semkath
U+0723
ܣ
ℹ️ About
The Syriac Letter Semkath (ܣ) is the fifteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/. Phonetically equivalent to the Phoenician Samekh, it is an essential consonant in classical and modern Aramaic. Within the Unicode standard, it is classified as an Other Letter (Lo) and follows Arabic Letter (AL) bidirectional rules, requiring right-to-left layout processing.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ס (U+05E1 Hebrew Letter Samekh) or σ (Greek Sigma).
⚡ Codes
HTML
ܣ
CSS
\0723
Python
\u0723
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