Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㆦ has the Unicode code point U+31A6. 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+31A6 to binary:
00110001 10100110. 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 10100110
BOPOMOFO LETTER OO·U+31A6
ㆦ
Character Information
Code Point
U+31A6
HEX
31A6
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 86 A6 | 11100011 10000110 10100110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 31 A6 | 00110001 10100110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | A6 31 | 10100110 00110001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 31 A6 | 00000000 00000000 00110001 10100110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | A6 31 00 00 | 10100110 00110001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ㆦ
URI Encoded
%E3%86%A6
Description
The Unicode character U+31A6, BOPOMOFO LETTER OO, holds a significant role in the Bopomofo script, which is an abugida writing system primarily used for transcribing the Mandarin Chinese language into written form. In digital text, this character typically represents the phoneme /ʊ/ or /o/, depending on its position within a syllable. The character U+31A6 is part of the Bopomofo system that was developed in the early 20th century and is still widely used today for teaching Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language. Its cultural and linguistic context lies in the simplification and standardization of Mandarin pronunciation, which has been beneficial in both language education and the preservation of the Chinese language.
How to type the ㆦ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12710 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.