“Ϭ” U+03EC: Coptic Capital Letter Shima

Ϭ Coptic Capital Letter Shima

U+03EC
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ℹ️ About

The Coptic Capital Letter Shima (Ϭ) is an uppercase letter in the Coptic script, specifically derived from Egyptian Demotic. It typically represents a “ch” sound (/tʃ/). As a character standardized in Unicode 1.1, it is essential for the digital representation of liturgical and historical manuscripts from the Coptic Orthodox tradition.

⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ϭ (U+03ED, lowercase Shima) or the cyrillic б.

Codes

HTML Ϭ
CSS \03EC
Python \u03EC

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