U+2CD6 "Ⳗ" Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Gangia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⳗ
U+2CD6 "Ⳗ" Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Gangia is part of the Coptic script block and represents a letter used in the Old Coptic writing system, specifically an archaic variant of the letter that corresponds to a velar or palatal sound, often transliterated as "g." This character was employed in early Coptic texts before the standard Coptic alphabet became fully established, reflecting the adaptation of the Greek alphabet with additional Demotic-derived signs to write the Egyptian language. It is distinguished from the more common Coptic "Gangia" letter by its unique shape and historical usage, making it a specialized character of interest for scholars of paleography and linguistic history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2CD6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| Block | Coptic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⳗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⳗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB3 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2CD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002CD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2cd6 |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| Case Folding | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ⳗ" U+2CD7 Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Gangia |
| 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 | Upper |