U+2CEE "ⳮ" Coptic Small Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia Unicode Character

U+2CEE "ⳮ" Coptic Small Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia is a specialized glyph within the Coptic script block, representing a letter used primarily in cryptographic or esoteric Coptic texts, likely serving as a variant or substitute for standard letters in coded messages. This character forms the lowercase counterpart to the uppercase Coptic Cryptogrammic Gangia (U+2CED) and is part of a small set of letters designed for secret or ritualistic writing, where its distinct shape helped obscure meaning from uninitiated readers. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a rare and historically niche aspect of Coptic calligraphy and script development.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2CEE
Version Added	5.2
Name	Coptic Small Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia
Block	Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⳮ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⳮ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB3 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2CEE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002CEE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2cee

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	"Ⳮ" U+2CED Coptic Capital Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳮ" U+2CED Coptic Capital Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⳮ" U+2CED Coptic Capital Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⳮ" U+2CED Coptic Capital Letter Cryptogrammic Gangia
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