U+2CA5 "ⲥ" Coptic Small Letter Sima Unicode Character

U+2CA5 "ⲥ" Coptic Small Letter Sima is a letter from the Coptic alphabet, which was used to write the Egyptian language, particularly in the liturgical context of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This character represents the sound equivalent to the English "s" and corresponds to the Greek letter sigma, from which it is derived, reflecting the historical influence of Greek script on Coptic writing. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the orthography of ancient and modern Coptic manuscripts, supporting scholarly research and religious practice.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2CA5
Version Added	4.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Sima
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CA5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CA5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2ca5

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	"Ⲥ" U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲥ" U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲥ" U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲥ" U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima
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