Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character u has the Unicode code point U+0075. 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+0075 to binary:
01110101. 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:
01110101
LATIN SMALL LETTER U·U+0075
u
Character Information
Code Point
U+0075
HEX
0075
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | 75 | 01110101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 75 | 00000000 01110101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 75 00 | 01110101 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 75 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 01110101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 75 00 00 00 | 01110101 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
u
URI Encoded
u
Description
The Unicode character U+0075, also known as the LATIN SMALL LETTER U (nameSlug: latin-small-letter-u-u-0075), plays a significant role in digital text, particularly in English and other Latin script languages like Spanish, French, and German. In digital documents, it is commonly used to denote words and terms across various linguistic contexts. For instance, in Spanish, "u" is pronounced as a voiced bilabial approximant, whereas in French, it is pronounced as a voiced alveolar approximant, and in German, it is pronounced as a voiceless velar fricative. This underscores the character's importance in linguistic diversity and cultural exchange. In technical contexts, the LATIN SMALL LETTER U (char: u, code: 117) appears frequently in URLs, file paths, programming code, and data entry forms, serving as a critical component of digital infrastructure. Its ASCII equivalent is 117, and it belongs to the Basic Latin Unicode block (00:00:00:01), which includes essential characters spanning from U+0000 to U+007F. This block forms the foundation upon which other Unicode blocks are built, reflecting its indispensable role in digital communication across multiple platforms and devices.
How to type the u symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0117 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.