U+2CAD "ⲭ" Coptic Small Letter Khi Unicode Character

U+2CAD "ⲭ" Coptic Small Letter Khi is a glyph used in the Coptic alphabet to represent the aspirated velar plosive sound, similar to the "kh" in the English word "loch" or the Greek letter Chi (Χ, χ). As the twenty-second letter of the Coptic script, it is derived from the Greek alphabet and is employed in liturgical and historical texts of the Coptic Orthodox Church, where it contributes to writing the Coptic language, the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language. This character is distinct from its uppercase counterpart, U+2CAC "Ⲭ" Coptic Capital Letter Khi, and falls within the Coptic Unicode block, ensuring proper digital representation and preservation of this script in modern computing systems.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲭ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲭ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CAD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CAD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2cad

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	"Ⲭ" U+2CAC Coptic Capital Letter Khi
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲭ" U+2CAC Coptic Capital Letter Khi
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲭ" U+2CAC Coptic Capital Letter Khi
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲭ" U+2CAC Coptic Capital Letter Khi
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