U+2CE8 "⳨" Coptic Symbol Tau Ro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⳨
U+2CE8 "⳨" Coptic Symbol Tau Ro is a typographic ligature used in the Coptic script, combining the Greek letters Tau (Τ) and Ro (Ρ) into a single glyph. This symbol was employed in Coptic manuscripts as a scribal abbreviation, often standing in for the Greek word "σταυρός" meaning cross, and thus it carries significant Christian iconographic importance within Coptic liturgical and textual traditions. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates the accurate digital representation of ancient Coptic texts that rely on such conventional abbreviations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2CE8 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Coptic Symbol Tau 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 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2CE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002CE8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2ce8 |
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 |