U+2CC5 "ⳅ" Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Shei Unicode Character

U+2CC5 "ⳅ" Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Shei is a glyph used in the Coptic script, specifically representing the Old Coptic form of the letter "Shei," which denotes the sound /ʃ/ (like the "sh" in "ship"). This character is part of the Coptic block within Unicode and is a variant of the standard Coptic letter Shei, reflecting an archaic orthography found in early Coptic manuscripts before the script was standardized. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of ancient Coptic texts, particularly those from the Old Coptic period, aiding scholarly work in linguistics, religious studies, and the preservation of Coptic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2CC5
Version Added	4.1
Name	Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Shei
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⳅ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⳅ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB3 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CC5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CC5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2cc5

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	"Ⳅ" U+2CC4 Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shei
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳅ" U+2CC4 Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shei
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⳅ" U+2CC4 Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shei
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳅ" U+2CC4 Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shei
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