U00DF
U+00DF is the Unicode code point for the Latin small letter sharp s, commonly known as eszett or scharfes s. It is a lowercase letter used primarily in German orthography to represent the s sound after long vowels or diphthongs, as in Straße or weiß.
In Unicode, U+00DF sits in the Latin-1 Supplement block. In UTF-8 it is encoded as two bytes:
Usage and typography: ß marks the /s/ sound that follows long vowels or diphthongs in German. Historically,
Origin: The character originated as a ligature in German blackletter typography, combining elements of the long
In computing, ß is widely supported in Unicode-enabled environments and remains an important part of German