U+2CA2 "Ⲣ" Coptic Capital Letter Ro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+2CA2 "Ⲣ" Coptic Capital Letter Ro is a letter used in the Coptic alphabet, representing the sound equivalent to the Latin letter R. It is derived from the Greek letter Rho and serves as the 17th letter of the standard Coptic script, which was historically employed for writing the Egyptian Coptic language, primarily in liturgical contexts of the Coptic Orthodox Church. In modern usage, this character is part of the Unicode Coptic block, enabling its digital representation for scholarly, religious, and linguistic purposes, though it is distinct from the similar-looking Latin letter P or Greek Rho due to its specific typographic design and encoding.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2CA2
Name
Coptic Capital Letter Ro
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ⲣ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ⲣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB2 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2CA2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002CA2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2ca2
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Coptic