What ⳯ means
Place it after the last vowel at the word’s line end.
It supplies the final-ni cue; it is not a base letter. A manuscript example appears in Émile Chassinat’s 1911 edition of Shenoute’s Fourth Book, a published witness rather than a date for the mark’s origin.
What does “Coptic nu line” mean?
It marks final ni at the end of a Coptic line.
A diplomatic transcript tries to preserve manuscript spelling and layout. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM’s normalized edition standardizes the text and removes supralinear strokes—the lines written above letters (checked 2026-10-08).
Why does ⳯ hang over a space?
That is the expected placement for this mark.
It follows its base vowel in text order, while the stroke extends over the blank space to the right. A font without Coptic combining-mark support may show a box or misplace the stroke.
A technical mark for Coptic manuscript spelling.
Use neither a macron nor an overline as a substitute; they mark different things in Coptic.
Who writes ⳯
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Don't confuse it with
2In Sahidic, one Coptic dialect, a combining macron can mark a syllabic consonant; ⳯ marks final ni at a line end.
A combining overline can mark Coptic abbreviations or numerals; it does not stand for final ni.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⳯ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⳯
- Also called
- nu line
- Search it as
- ⳯ · Coptic nu line · final ni · Coptic combining mark
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⳯\2CEFCodes and encoding1 code points
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