U+2CFF "⳿" Coptic Morphological Divider Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

⳿

U+2CFF "⳿" Coptic Morphological Divider is a punctuation mark used specifically in the Coptic script to separate the constituent parts of a compound word, such as prefixes, roots, or suffixes, without indicating a full grammatical break like a space or hyphen would. Its primary purpose is to clarify morphological boundaries within a single word for readers of liturgical or scholarly Coptic texts, distinguishing it from other dividers like the interpunct or hyphen. This character helps preserve the integrity of word structure in typeset editions, ensuring that morphological analysis remains unambiguous for linguists and religious scholars studying the Coptic language.

General Properties

Code Point U+2CFF
Version Added 4.1
Name Coptic Morphological 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 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2CFF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002CFF
C/C++/Java Escape \u2cff

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