Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ࣖ has the Unicode code point U+08D6. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format:1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
Where thexare the payload bits.UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range Codepoint Range Bytes Bit pattern Payload length U+0000 - U+007F 1 0xxxxxxx 7 bits U+0080 - U+07FF 2 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx 11 bits U+0800 - U+FFFF 3 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 16 bits U+10000 - U+10FFFF 4 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 21 bits Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:
Convert the hexadecimal code point U+08D6 to binary:
00001000 11010110. Those are the payload bits.Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:
Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
11100000 10100011 10010110
ARABIC SMALL HIGH AIN·U+08D6
ࣖ
Character Information
Code Point
U+08D6
HEX
08D6
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 A3 96 | 11100000 10100011 10010110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 08 D6 | 00001000 11010110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | D6 08 | 11010110 00001000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 08 D6 | 00000000 00000000 00001000 11010110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | D6 08 00 00 | 11010110 00001000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ࣖ
URI Encoded
%E0%A3%96
Description
The Unicode character U+08D6 is known as the Arabic Small High Ain (عَ). In digital texts, it is commonly used within the Arabic script to represent a specific sound or phoneme in various dialects of Arabic. This particular character plays a vital role in representing the pronunciation of words in Arabic, as it denotes a voiced postalveolar fricative sound, which is produced when the middle of the tongue is raised to the hard palate while air flows over it, creating a distinctive hissing or whistling sound. The Arabic Small High Ain contributes to the linguistic richness and complexity of the Arabic language, and as such, has significant cultural and technical importance in both written and spoken forms of Arabic communication across various regions, dialects, and communities around the world.
How to type the ࣖ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 2262 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.