U+2CFC "⳼" Coptic Old Nubian Verse Divider Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⳼
U+2CFC "⳼" Coptic Old Nubian Verse Divider is a punctuation mark used in the medieval writing system of Old Nubian, which was based on the Coptic alphabet. It functioned specifically as a verse divider, signaling a break between lines or sections of text in religious or literary manuscripts. This character reflects the adaptation of Coptic script for the Nubian language, which was spoken in the medieval kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia in what is now Sudan. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this historically significant script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2CFC |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Coptic Old Nubian Verse Divider |
| Block | Coptic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⳼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⳼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB3 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2CFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002CFC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2cfc |
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 | Break After |
| 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 |