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As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    han

    English

    (Han Empire)(Han Chinese)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) Chinese , from the dynasty founder 's Hanzhong Commandery, headquartered at a city which also became known as [[w:Hanzhong, Hanzhong

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development
  • The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state

    • Synonyms

    * Han Chinese (ethnicity )

    Derived terms

    * Han character * Han ideograph * Han letter * Han logograph * Han radical * Han syllable

    Related terms

    * hanzi * hanja * kanji

    See also

    * Chinese character * Chinese ideograph * Chinese letter * Chinese logogram * Chinese radical * Chinese syllable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Chinese , an ancient Chinese placename

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
  • The realm of this former state under other rulers
  • (astronomy) The star in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state

    • Anagrams

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