U+2CDB "ⳛ" Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Shima Unicode Character

U+2CDB "ⳛ" Coptic Small Letter Old Coptic Shima is a letter used in the Coptic script, specifically representing an ancient variant character known as Old Coptic Shima. It is part of the Unicode block for Coptic, which encodes letters from the Coptic alphabet used primarily in liturgical texts and historical documents of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This character corresponds to a sound value distinct from the standard Coptic alphabet, reflecting an older or dialectal form of the language. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation and preservation of Coptic manuscripts and scholarly works.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⳛ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⳛ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB3 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CDB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CDB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2cdb

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	"Ⳛ" U+2CDA Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shima
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳛ" U+2CDA Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shima
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⳛ" U+2CDA Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shima
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳛ" U+2CDA Coptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Shima
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