U+2C89 "ⲉ" Coptic Small Letter Eie Unicode Character

U+2C89 "ⲉ" Coptic Small Letter Eie is a letter used in the Coptic alphabet, where it represents the sound /iː/ or /eː/ depending on the dialect, and it is derived from the Greek letter epsilon (Ε, ε) with a slightly rounded, cursive form. In the Coptic script, which was adapted from the Greek alphabet to write the Egyptian language, the Eie serves as a vowel and is often found in religious and liturgical texts of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Coptic block, preserving an essential element of the historical and cultural heritage of the Coptic language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C89
Version Added	4.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Eie
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲉ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲉ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C89
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C89
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c89

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	"Ⲉ" U+2C88 Coptic Capital Letter Eie
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲉ" U+2C88 Coptic Capital Letter Eie
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲉ" U+2C88 Coptic Capital Letter Eie
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲉ" U+2C88 Coptic Capital Letter Eie
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