U+2CAF "ⲯ" Coptic Small Letter Psi Unicode Character

U+2CAF "ⲯ" Coptic Small Letter Psi is a glyph from the Coptic script, representing the 24th letter of the Coptic alphabet and corresponding to the sound /ps/ in words of Greek origin. It is derived from the Greek letter psi (Ψ, ψ) and is used in liturgical and scholarly texts for writing the Coptic language, particularly in the Sahidic and Bohairic dialects. Unlike its uppercase counterpart U+2CAE (Ⲯ), this lowercase form appears in cursive or minuscule contexts within manuscripts and modern digital typography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Coptic texts, including religious documents and historical inscriptions, can be accurately preserved and rendered across digital platforms.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲯ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲯ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CAF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CAF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2caf

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	"Ⲯ" U+2CAE Coptic Capital Letter Psi
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲯ" U+2CAE Coptic Capital Letter Psi
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲯ" U+2CAE Coptic Capital Letter Psi
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲯ" U+2CAE Coptic Capital Letter Psi
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