U+2CB9 "ⲹ" Coptic Small Letter Dialect-P Kapa Unicode Character

U+2CB9 "ⲹ" Coptic Small Letter Dialect-P Kapa is a specialized glyph used in the Coptic script, specifically representing a variant form of the letter Kapa that appears in the Akhmimic or Sub-Akhmimic dialects of the Coptic language. This character, which is the lowercase version of U+2CB8, differs from the standard Coptic Kapa in its shape and phonetic application, reflecting a localized scribal tradition or phonological distinction. As part of the Coptic Unicode block, it supports the accurate digital representation of historical and liturgical texts from these dialects, preserving the nuanced orthography of early Egyptian Christian manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2CB9
Version Added	4.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Dialect-P Kapa
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⲹ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⲹ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB2 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CB9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2cb9

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	"Ⲹ" U+2CB8 Coptic Capital Letter Dialect-P Kapa
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲹ" U+2CB8 Coptic Capital Letter Dialect-P Kapa
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⲹ" U+2CB8 Coptic Capital Letter Dialect-P Kapa
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⲹ" U+2CB8 Coptic Capital Letter Dialect-P Kapa
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