Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character l has the Unicode code point U+006C. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 1 byte because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0000to0x007f.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 7 bits within the final 8 bits and that it will have the format:0xxxxxxx
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+006C to binary:
01101100. 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:
01101100
LATIN SMALL LETTER L·U+006C
l
Character Information
Code Point
U+006C
HEX
006C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | 6C | 01101100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 6C | 00000000 01101100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 6C 00 | 01101100 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 6C | 00000000 00000000 00000000 01101100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 6C 00 00 00 | 01101100 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
l
URI Encoded
l
Description
The character U+006C is the Unicode code point for the lowercase letter "l" (LATIN SMALL LETTER L), which holds a significant role in digital text as it is a common letter used extensively in various languages, particularly English, that utilize the Latin script. In typography, this character appears frequently due to its phonetic value, representing the consonant sound /l/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The "l" character has no specific cultural or linguistic context beyond being a fundamental component of the Latin alphabet, a script that is widely adopted by numerous languages worldwide. From a technical standpoint, U+006C is an essential character for text encoding and digital communication, appearing in diverse forms of media, documents, and software applications that require written language processing or display. The Basic Latin Unicode block, which includes the "l" character (among other common characters), serves as the foundation for many other Unicode blocks and is vital to digital communication across multiple platforms and devices. Despite its historical roots in the ASCII character set, the Basic Latin Unicode block has evolved over time to accommodate modern requirements and continues to be a crucial aspect of contemporary digital communication.
How to type the l symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0108 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.