ܫ Syriac Letter Shin
U+072B
ܫ
ℹ️ About
The Syriac Letter Shin (U+072B) is a fundamental consonant in the Syriac alphabet, representing the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/. Historically derived from the Phoenician letter Shin, it belongs to the Arabic Letter (AL) bidirectional class, requiring right-to-left layout engines for correct rendering. It is a core “Other Letter” added in Unicode 3.0.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ش (Arabic Letter Sheen, U+0634).
⚡ Codes
HTML
ܫ
CSS
\072B
Python
\u072B
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