BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L·U+09E2

Character Information

Code Point
U+09E2
HEX
09E2
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A7 A2
11100000 10100111 10100010
UTF16 (big Endian)
09 E2
00001001 11100010
UTF16 (little Endian)
E2 09
11100010 00001001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 09 E2
00000000 00000000 00001001 11100010
UTF32 (little Endian)
E2 09 00 00
11100010 00001001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ৢ
URI Encoded
%E0%A7%A2

Description

U+09E2 is a Bengali vowel sign known as VOCALIC L. This character plays a pivotal role in the digital representation of the Bengali language, which is predominantly spoken in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. The character's primary function is to represent the vocalic sounds 'a,' 'i,' or 'u' depending on its position and usage within words. VOCALIC L, like other characters in the Unicode standard, ensures accurate digital text representation, preserving the linguistic integrity of the written Bengali language. This contributes significantly to the efficient communication and cultural exchange between Bengali speakers worldwide.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2530 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+09E2. 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+09E2 to binary: 00001001 11100010. 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 10100111 10100010