In the German alphabet, the (traditionally lowercase-only) letter ß, called "Eszett" or "scharfes S" , in English "sharp S", is a consonant that evolved as a ligature of "long s and z" (ſz) and "long s over round s" (ſs). It is pronounced (see IPA). Since the German orthography reform of 1996, it is used only after long vowels and diphthongs while ss is written after short vowels. The name eszett comes from the two letters S and Z as they are pronounced in German. Its Unicode encoding is U+00DF.

Beta ( or ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; or ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive . In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative . Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter and the Cyrillic letters and .

Beta (B, ß) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.

In the German alphabet, the (traditionally lowercase-only) letter ß, called "Eszett" or "scharfes S" , in English "sharp S", is a consonant that evolved as a ligature of "long s and z" (ſz) and "long s over round s" (ſs). It is pronounced (see IPA). Since the German orthography reform of 1996, it is used only after long vowels and diphthongs while ss is written after short vowels. The name eszett comes from the two letters S and Z as they are pronounced in German. Its Unicode encoding is U+00DF.

Beta ( or ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; or ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive . In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative . Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter and the Cyrillic letters and .

Beta (B, ß) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.