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coptic small letter oou

Coptic Small Letter Oou

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ⲱ is Coptic omega, a vowel letter for an o sound; in Sahidic, one Coptic dialect, it usually marks a long o. Bohairic spelling distinguishes it from ⲟⲩ. It was modeled on Greek omega, but belongs to Coptic.

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What ⲱ means

It is Coptic omega, a vowel letter for an o sound.

Coptic is the later form of Egyptian, written with a Greek-based alphabet. Old Coptic writing was in use by the first century CE at latest; standardized Coptic emerged in the third century CE. Unlike older Egyptian scripts, which usually left vowels unmarked, Coptic spelling wrote them out. That helped ritual and astrological texts preserve pronunciation; Christian communities later used Coptic for scripture.

In Sahidic, a Coptic dialect, ⲱ is usually transliterated ō; the line over o marks a long vowel. Bohairic, another Coptic dialect, distinguishes ⲱ from ⲟⲩ in its teaching materials, so dialect affects how the vowel is read. Coptic fonts may also give the same letter different Sahidic and Bohairic styles.

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Who writes ⲱ

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Questions people ask

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Why does ⲱ show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Coptic block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

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How to type or find ⲱ

Also called
Oou · Coptic omega
Search it as
omega · long o · coptic vowel letter
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2CB1, then AltX to get ⲱ.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “coptic small letter oou”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2cb1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ⲱ
CSS
\2CB1
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ⲱ
HTML hex
ⲱ
CSS content
content: "\2CB1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%B2%B1
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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African scripts2,275 symbols