U+2C8B "ⲋ" Coptic Small Letter Sou Unicode Character

U+2C8B "ⲋ" Coptic Small Letter Sou is a glyph representing a letter from the Coptic alphabet, where it corresponds to the sound /s/ and originates as a variant of the Greek letter sigma used in the Coptic script for writing the Egyptian language. This character is part of the Coptic block in Unicode and is specifically the lowercase form, with its uppercase counterpart being U+2C8A. Its use is primarily historical and liturgical, appearing in ancient Coptic manuscripts and modern scholarly editions of Coptic texts, and it is distinct from the standard Greek sigma due to its unique shape and role within the Coptic writing system.