ARABIC SMALL LOW NOON WITH KASRA·U+08D9

Character Information

Code Point
U+08D9
HEX
08D9
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A3 99
11100000 10100011 10011001
UTF16 (big Endian)
08 D9
00001000 11011001
UTF16 (little Endian)
D9 08
11011001 00001000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 08 D9
00000000 00000000 00001000 11011001
UTF32 (little Endian)
D9 08 00 00
11011001 00001000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ࣙ
URI Encoded
%E0%A3%99

Description

The Unicode character U+08D9, Arabic Small Low Noon with Kasra, is a typographical element found within the Arabic script. It plays a significant role in digital text by serving as a modifier for other characters, specifically in conjunction with Arabic letters that represent consonants and vowels. The character is essential to accurately represent the nuances of the Arabic language, which relies heavily on diacritical marks to convey meaning. In particular, U+08D9 helps to differentiate between words or phrases that might otherwise be homophonic due to the similarities in pronunciation. By incorporating this character into digital text, users can ensure a high level of accuracy and clarity in the representation of Arabic language.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2265 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+08D9. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    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 the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+08D9 to binary: 00001000 11011001. Those are the payload bits.

  3. 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 10011001