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Small s with Caron HTML entity š
š is the HTML entity for Small s with Caron š (U+0161). Copy the decimal š and hex š codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
š- Code point
- U+0161
- Unicode name
- LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
- Block
- Latin Extended-A
- Category
- Lowercase letter (Ll)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | šWorks in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | šWorks in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | šWorks in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\161";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u0161"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u0161"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %C5%A1Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | C5 A12 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 01611 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
š writes U+0161 (Small s with Caron), a small letter from the Unicode Latin Extended-A block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. On a page saved as UTF-8 the letter can simply be typed; the entity helps in ASCII-only templates and code samples.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More latin letters with accents
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).