BUGINESE LETTER NGA·U+1A02

Character Information

Code Point
U+1A02
HEX
1A02
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 A8 82
11100001 10101000 10000010
UTF16 (big Endian)
1A 02
00011010 00000010
UTF16 (little Endian)
02 1A
00000010 00011010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 1A 02
00000000 00000000 00011010 00000010
UTF32 (little Endian)
02 1A 00 00
00000010 00011010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ᨂ
URI Encoded
%E1%A8%82

Description

The Unicode character U+1A02, known as the Buginese Letter Nga (ហ), plays a crucial role in digital typography and text representation. This letter is an essential component of the Buginese script, which belongs to the Austronesian language family and is predominantly spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. U+1A02 is employed to represent the consonant sound /ŋ/, a voiced velar nasal, in Buginese text, enabling accurate representation of the language's phonetic structure. The character's significance extends beyond typography, as it serves as an essential element for preserving and promoting the cultural identity and linguistic heritage of the Buginese people.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 6658 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+1A02. 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+1A02 to binary: 00011010 00000010. 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:
    11100001 10101000 10000010