ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD IMAALA·U+089A

Character Information

Code Point
U+089A
HEX
089A
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A2 9A
11100000 10100010 10011010
UTF16 (big Endian)
08 9A
00001000 10011010
UTF16 (little Endian)
9A 08
10011010 00001000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 08 9A
00000000 00000000 00001000 10011010
UTF32 (little Endian)
9A 08 00 00
10011010 00001000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
࢚
URI Encoded
%E0%A2%9A

Description

U+089A is the Unicode character code for Arabic Small Low Word Imaala (الإِمَائَة). This character is used in digital text to represent a specific vowel marking system in the Arabic script, called Imaala. The Arabic language has several vowel systems to aid pronunciation and clarity, and Imaala is one of these systems. U+089A is primarily employed in the context of written Arabic to denote the pronunciation of words in a specific dialect or to disambiguate between homophones in text form. The use of this character reflects linguistic nuances and cultural variations, enabling readers to accurately interpret and understand the intended meaning of the text. In terms of typography, U+089A is crucial for maintaining the integrity and legibility of Arabic text across digital platforms and software applications that support Unicode encoding.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2202 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+089A. 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+089A to binary: 00001000 10011010. 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 10100010 10011010