Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㆣ has the Unicode code point U+31A3. 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+31A3 to binary:
00110001 10100011. 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:
11100011 10000110 10100011
BOPOMOFO LETTER GU·U+31A3
ㆣ
Character Information
Code Point
U+31A3
HEX
31A3
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 86 A3 | 11100011 10000110 10100011 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 31 A3 | 00110001 10100011 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | A3 31 | 10100011 00110001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 31 A3 | 00000000 00000000 00110001 10100011 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | A3 31 00 00 | 10100011 00110001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ㆣ
URI Encoded
%E3%86%A3
Description
The Unicode character U+31A3, also known as BOPOMOFO LETTER GU, plays a significant role in digital text as part of the Bopomofo script system. Bopomofo is an alphasyllabary used in the romanization systems of Mandarin Chinese, which consists of 21 initials and 24 finals. The character U+31A3 represents the syllable "gu", denoting a voiced velar fricative sound in phonetics. In linguistic and cultural context, Bopomofo script is widely used for teaching Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language due to its simplified nature compared to traditional Chinese characters. This character is essential for transcribing and representing Mandarin pronunciation accurately, thus contributing to the propagation of the Chinese language in various parts of the world. As a technical aspect, U+31A3 is an integral part of the Unicode Standard, which provides a unique code for each character in all languages, thereby ensuring consistency and interoperability across different platforms and applications.
How to type the ㆣ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12707 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.