Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ▂ has the Unicode code point U+2582. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
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 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+2582 to binary:
00100101 10000010. 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:
11100010 10010110 10000010
LOWER ONE QUARTER BLOCK·U+2582
▂
Character Information
Code Point
U+2582
HEX
2582
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 96 82 | 11100010 10010110 10000010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 25 82 | 00100101 10000010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 82 25 | 10000010 00100101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 25 82 | 00000000 00000000 00100101 10000010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 82 25 00 00 | 10000010 00100101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
▂
URI Encoded
%E2%96%82
Description
The Unicode character U+2582, known as the LOWER ONE QUARTER BLOCK, is a typographical symbol used primarily in digital text to create various forms of white space. It plays a crucial role in the layout design, particularly in the creation of tables and grid-based structures. This non-printing character is often used for visual alignment, spacing, and formatting purposes. The LOWER ONE QUARTER BLOCK symbol is part of the Box Drawing block of Unicode characters (2500-257F), which includes various other box-drawing characters like U+2583 (LOWER HALF BLOCK) and U+2591 (LOW LINE). Despite its technical nature, this character does not represent any specific cultural, linguistic, or contextual meaning but serves as a fundamental tool for digital typography and layout design.
How to type the ▂ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 9602 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.