ⲥ is the Unicode character COPTIC SMALL LETTER SIMA, code point U+2CA5 (decimal 11429) in the Coptic block, added in Unicode 4.1. In HTML write ⲥ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 B2 A5.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2CA5 |
| Decimal | 11429 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 B2 A5 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2CA5 |
| UTF-32 | 00002CA5 |
| HTML decimal | ⲥ |
| HTML hex | ⲥ |
| CSS | \2CA5 |
| JavaScript | \u2CA5 |
| JSON | \u2CA5 |
| Python | \u2CA5 |
| Python by name | \N{COPTIC SMALL LETTER SIMA} |
| Java, C# | \u2CA5 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2CA5} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2CA5 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%B2%A5 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | COPTIC SMALL LETTER SIMA |
| Code point | U+2CA5 (decimal 11429) |
| Block | Coptic (U+2C80–U+2CFF) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Coptic |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.1 |
Upper and lower case
- Ⲥ U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima — Uppercase
Nearby in Coptic
- ⲝ U+2C9D Coptic Small Letter Ksi
- Ⲟ U+2C9E Coptic Capital Letter O
- ⲟ U+2C9F Coptic Small Letter O
- Ⲡ U+2CA0 Coptic Capital Letter Pi
- ⲡ U+2CA1 Coptic Small Letter Pi
- Ⲣ U+2CA2 Coptic Capital Letter Ro
- ⲣ U+2CA3 Coptic Small Letter Ro
- Ⲥ U+2CA4 Coptic Capital Letter Sima
- Ⲧ U+2CA6 Coptic Capital Letter Tau
- ⲧ U+2CA7 Coptic Small Letter Tau
- Ⲩ U+2CA8 Coptic Capital Letter Ua
- ⲩ U+2CA9 Coptic Small Letter Ua
- Ⲫ U+2CAA Coptic Capital Letter Fi
- ⲫ U+2CAB Coptic Small Letter Fi
- Ⲭ U+2CAC Coptic Capital Letter Khi
- ⲭ U+2CAD Coptic Small Letter Khi
All 123 characters: Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⲥ?
- Use ⲥ (decimal) or ⲥ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2CA5?
- E2 B2 A5 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%B2%A5.
- How do I write U+2CA5 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2CA5. Python: \u2CA5.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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