U+2CAD "" Coptic Small Letter Khi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Coptic Source: Browser Default

U+2CAD "" Coptic Small Letter Khi is a glyph used in the Coptic alphabet to represent the aspirated velar plosive sound, similar to the "kh" in the English word "loch" or the Greek letter Chi (Χ, χ). As the twenty-second letter of the Coptic script, it is derived from the Greek alphabet and is employed in liturgical and historical texts of the Coptic Orthodox Church, where it contributes to writing the Coptic language, the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language. This character is distinct from its uppercase counterpart, U+2CAC "Ⲭ" Coptic Capital Letter Khi, and falls within the Coptic Unicode block, ensuring proper digital representation and preservation of this script in modern computing systems.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ⲭ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⲭ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB2 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2CAD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002CAD
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2cad