U+2C9D "ⲝ" Coptic Small Letter Ksi Unicode Character

U+2C9D "ⲝ" Coptic Small Letter Ksi is a glyph used in the Coptic alphabet, derived from the Greek letter Xi, and it represents the sound /ks/ as in the English word "box". This character is part of the Coptic script block in Unicode, which was added to support the liturgical and scholarly use of the Coptic language, primarily associated with the Egyptian Christian tradition. In its lowercase form, "ⲝ" corresponds to the uppercase Coptic letter Ksi (U+2C9C) and is used in texts such as biblical manuscripts, hymns, and historical writings, helping to preserve the phonetic and orthographic heritage of the Coptic language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C9D
Version Added	4.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Ksi
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲝ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲝ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C9D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C9D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c9d

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	"Ⲝ" U+2C9C Coptic Capital Letter Ksi
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲝ" U+2C9C Coptic Capital Letter Ksi
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲝ" U+2C9C Coptic Capital Letter Ksi
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲝ" U+2C9C Coptic Capital Letter Ksi
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