U+03EF "ϯ" Coptic Small Letter Dei Unicode Character

U+03EF “ϯ” Coptic Small Letter Dei is a letter used in the Coptic alphabet, which was adapted from the Greek alphabet to write the Coptic language, the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language. This character represents a sound similar to the “d” or “tj” sound, and it is typically placed as one of the later letters in the Coptic script, often associated with the Demotic or cursive influences on the alphabet. Its uppercase counterpart is U+03EE “Ϯ” Coptic Capital Letter Dei, and the letter appears in historical religious and liturgical texts, particularly those of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

General Properties

Code Point	U+03EF
Version Added	1.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Dei
Unicode 1.0 Name	Greek Small Letter Dei
Block	Greek and Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ϯ
HTML Hex Encoding	ϯ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCF 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x03EF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000003EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u03ef

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ϯ" U+03EE Coptic Capital Letter Dei
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ϯ" U+03EE Coptic Capital Letter Dei
Uppercase Code Point	"Ϯ" U+03EE Coptic Capital Letter Dei
Titlecase Code Point	"Ϯ" U+03EE Coptic Capital Letter Dei
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower