Cyrillic letter Es
Cyrillic letter Es - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Phonetic usage:[s]
Name:слово
Numeric value:200
Derived from:Lunate form of Greek letter Sigma (Ϲ ϲ)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌Г̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈ҔҒCyrillic capital letter Ghe with stroke and descender.svgӺҒ̌ӶCyrillic capital letter Ghe with hook.svg
Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃Ё̄
Є̈ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌
З̣З̆ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃ӤҊ
ҚӃҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́
ӅԮԒЛ̈ӍН́Ӊ
ҢԨӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄Ө
Ө̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈ҦР̌
ҎС̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌
Т̇Т̣ҬCyrillic capital letter Te Soft-sign.svgУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄
ҰҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌
ҲӼӾҺԦЦ̌Ц̈Ҵ
ҶҶ̣ӴӋCyrillic capital letter Che with hook.svgҸЧ̇Ч̣
ҼҾШ̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄Ӹ
ҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́
Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈
Я̈́ԜӀ
Archaic or unused letters
Cyrillic capital letter script A.svgА̨Б̀Б̣В̀Г̀Г̧Г̄
Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆Cyrillic capital letter split by middle ring Ghe.svgД̓Д̀Д̨
ԀԂЕ̇Е̨Ж̑Cyrillic small letter Zhe with long middle leg and stroke through descender.svg
Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ie.svgЏ̆Ꚅ̆З̀
З̑ԄԆԪCyrillic capital letter Shha with Cil top.svg
І̂І̨Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Dha.svgЈ̵Ј̃К̓
К̀К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄Ԟ
К̂Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgЛ̀ԠԈЛ̑
Л̇ԔМ̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgП̓П́П̧
П̑ҀԚ̆Cyrillic capital letter Shha with hook.svgР́Р̀Р̃Ԗ
С̀С̈ԌҪ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀Ԏ
Т̑Т̧Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svgѸ
Cyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀
Х̆Х̇Х̧Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠѼ
ѾЦ́Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svg
Cyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svgЧ́Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓Cyrillic capital letter Char.svgԬ
Ꚇ̆Ҽ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆
Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svgЫ̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈
Ѣ̆Э̨Ю̂Я̂Я̨
ԘѤѦѪѨ
ѬѮѰѲѴѶ

Es (С с; italics: С с) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

It commonly represents the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/, like the pronunciation of ⟨s⟩ in "sand".

Coptic icon of St. Mark, clearly showing examples of lunate sigma from which the Cyrillic Es was derived
Coptic icon of St. Mark, clearly showing examples of lunate sigma from which the Cyrillic Es was derived

History

The Cyrillic letter Es is derived from a variant of the Greek letter Sigma known as lunate sigma (Ϲ ϲ), in use in the Greek-speaking world in early medieval times. It has no connection to the Latin letter C (C c), which is a descendant of the Greek letter Gamma (Γ γ); however, many languages (for different reasons) apply the value of /s/ to the Latin letter C, especially before front vowels e and i (examples being English, French, Mexican Spanish); see hard and soft C. As its name suggests, Es is related to the Latin S.

The name of Es in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was слово (slovo), meaning "word" or "speech".[1]

In the Cyrillic numeral system, Es had a value of 200.

Form

In the modern Latinized Cyrillic fonts in use today, the Cyrillic letter Es looks exactly like the Latin letter C, being one of six letters in the Cyrillic alphabet that share appearances with Latin alphabet letters but are pronounced differently (or at least differently from the most common pronunciation). This fact has been frequently abused by plagiarism detector circumventors.

Usage

As used in the alphabets of various languages, Es represents the following sounds:

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

Language Position in
alphabet
Pronunciation
Belarusian 19th /s/, /sʲ/
Bulgarian 18th /s/, /sʲ/
Macedonian 22nd /s/
Russian 19th /s/, /sʲ/
Serbian 21st /s/
Ukrainian 22nd /s/, /sʲ/
Ossetic (Iron) 23rd /ʃ~s̠/

Related letters and other similar characters

Computing codes

Character information
Preview С с
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER WIDE ES
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 1057 U+0421 1089 U+0441 7299 U+1C83
UTF-8 208 161 D0 A1 209 129 D1 81 225 178 131 E1 B2 83
Numeric character reference С С с с ᲃ ᲃ
Named character reference С с
KOI8-R and KOI8-U 243 F3 211 D3
Code page 855 228 E4 227 E3
Windows-1251 209 D1 241 F1
ISO-8859-5 193 C1 225 E1
Macintosh Cyrillic 145 91 241 F1

References

  1. ^ Corbett, Professor Greville; Comrie, Professor Bernard (September 2003). The Slavonic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86137-6.