U+2CF1 "" Coptic Combining Spiritus Lenis Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Coptic Source: Browser Default

U+2CF1 "" Coptic Combining Spiritus Lenis is a diacritical mark used in the Coptic script to indicate a light or smooth breathing, similar to the Greek spiritus lenis, placed above a vowel or consonant to modify its phonetic value in liturgical and scholarly texts. This combining character attaches to the preceding base letter, helping to accurately represent the pronunciation of Coptic words as transcribed from earlier stages of the language. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and typographic rendering of historical Coptic manuscripts, particularly those from the Sahidic and Bohairic dialects.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2CF1
Name
Coptic Combining Spiritus Lenis

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⳱
HTML Hex Encoding
⳱
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB3 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2CF1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002CF1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2cf1