The Accent Letters

Ṩ Capital S with dot below and dot above

Ṩ
NameCapital S with dot below and dot above
Lowercaseṩ
UnicodeU+1E68 (Latin Capital Letter S With Dot Below And Dot Above)
HTML entitynone
HTML codeṨ or Ṩ
Windows Alt codenone (use Win+. or Character Map)
Mac shortcutOption + 1E68 with Unicode Hex Input
Word shortcut1E68 then Alt+X
LaTeXpaste the UTF-8 character
CSS / JavaScript\1E68 / \u1E68
UTF-8 bytesE1 B9 A8
URL encoded%E1%B9%A8

Ṩ is the letter S with the dot below and dot above. A dot under a letter. Vietnamese uses it for the heavy tone (ạ, ệ), Yoruba for open vowels (ẹ, ọ), and transliteration systems for retroflex sounds.

How to type Ṩ on every device

Device or appMethod
WindowsWin+. → Symbols
MacOption + 1E68 (Unicode Hex Input)
iPhoneText replacement
AndroidText replacement
Microsoft Word1E68 then Alt+X
Google DocsInsert → Special characters
ChromebookCtrl+Shift+U, 1e68, Space
HTMLṨ
LaTeXPaste UTF-8 directly
Excel=UNICHAR(7784)

About the dot below

See every letter with the dot below.

Other accented S letters

Š Capital S with caronŚ Capital S with acuteŜ Capital S with circumflexŞ Capital S with cedillaȘ Capital S with comma belowṢ Capital S with dot belowẞ Capital sharp s (eszett)Ṡ Capital S with dot aboveṤ Capital S with acute and dot aboveṦ Capital S with caron and dot aboveAll S accents

Frequently asked questions

How do I type Ṩ on a keyboard?

On Windows, press Win+. and pick it from Symbols. On a Mac, hold Option and type 1E68 with Unicode Hex Input. On phones, add a keyboard for a language that uses it.

What is the Unicode for Ṩ?

Ṩ is U+1E68, named LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE. In HTML write Ṩ.

Which languages use Ṩ?

Ṩ is mostly used in transliteration, phonetics and lesser-documented languages.