U+2CF0 "⳰" Coptic Combining Spiritus Asper Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⳰
U+2CF0 "⳰" Coptic Combining Spiritus Asper is a diacritical mark used in the Coptic script to indicate a rough breathing or an aspirate sound, similar to the spiritus asper in Greek. It is placed above or attached to a preceding consonant, modifying its pronunciation by adding a puff of air. This combining character is part of the Coptic Unicode block and is essential for accurately representing certain phonetic distinctions in Coptic texts, especially those preserving ancient Greek loanwords or specific dialectal features. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise digital rendering and study of Coptic language manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2CF0 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Coptic Combining Spiritus Asper |
| Block | Coptic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⳰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⳰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB3 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2CF0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002CF0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2cf0 |