U+03EC "Ϭ" Coptic Capital Letter Shima Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+03EC "Ϭ" Coptic Capital Letter Shima is a letter used in the Coptic alphabet, primarily representing the sound /ʃ/ similar to the English "sh". It originates from the Demotic script, being a distinctive addition to the later stages of the Coptic writing system, and corresponds to the lowercase form U+03ED "ϭ". This character is predominantly encountered in scholarly texts, biblical manuscripts, and liturgical works written in the Sahidic and Bohairic dialects of the Coptic language, which is the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures digital preservation and accurate representation of this historical script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+03EC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Coptic Capital Letter Shima |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Greek Capital Letter Shima |
| Block | Greek and Coptic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ϭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ϭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCF 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x03EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000003EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u03ec |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| Simple Case Folding | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| Case Folding | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ϭ" U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima |
| Script | Coptic |
| Script Extensions | Coptic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |