U+2C9F "ⲟ" Coptic Small Letter O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2C9F "ⲟ" Coptic Small Letter O is a glyph used in the Coptic alphabet, where it represents the sound of the letter O, derived from the Greek omicron. This character is part of the Coptic script block in Unicode, which was added to support the liturgical and scholarly writing of the Coptic language, primarily used in the Christian churches of Egypt. Its visual form is a simple, rounded lowercase oval, distinct from the Greek omicron by subtle stylistic differences in the Coptic tradition.

General Properties

Code Point U+2C9F
Version Added 4.1
Name Coptic Small Letter O
Block Coptic
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⲟ
HTML Hex Encoding ⲟ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB2 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2C9F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002C9F
C/C++/Java Escape \u2c9f

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 "Ⲟ" U+2C9E Coptic Capital Letter O
Simple Titlecase Code Point "Ⲟ" U+2C9E Coptic Capital Letter O
Uppercase Code Point "Ⲟ" U+2C9E Coptic Capital Letter O
Titlecase Code Point "Ⲟ" U+2C9E Coptic Capital Letter O
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