U+2CE6 "⳦" Coptic Symbol Pi Ro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⳦
U+2CE6 "⳦" Coptic Symbol Pi Ro is a typographic ligature from the Coptic alphabet, combining the Greek-derived letters Pi (Ⲡ) and Ro (Ⲣ) into a single distinctive glyph. It was used in the Coptic script, which was employed to write the Egyptian language, particularly in liturgical and religious texts of the Coptic Christian church. This specific symbol functioned as an abbreviation or a stylistic variant, often appearing in manuscripts to save space or denote a common word or phrase. As part of the Coptic block in Unicode, it helps preserve the historical and linguistic heritage of Coptic writing, allowing modern digital representation of ancient and medieval Egyptian Christian documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2CE6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Coptic Symbol Pi Ro |
| Block | Coptic |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⳦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⳦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB3 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2CE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002CE6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2ce6 |
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 |
| Script | Coptic |
| Script Extensions | Coptic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |