Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+173F. 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+173F to binary:
00010111 00111111. 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:
11100001 10011100 10111111
CHARACTER 173F·U+173F
Character Information
Code Point
U+173F
HEX
173F
Unicode Plane
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 9C BF | 11100001 10011100 10111111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 17 3F | 00010111 00111111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 3F 17 | 00111111 00010111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 17 3F | 00000000 00000000 00010111 00111111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 3F 17 00 00 | 00111111 00010111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
᜿
URI Encoded
%E1%9C%BF
Description
U+173F is a character within the Unicode Standard, specifically falling under the range of Supplementary Private Use Area (SPUA) characters. This particular SPUA character does not have any predefined meaning or function assigned to it by the Unicode Consortium. The Unicode standard was designed to represent every character from every writing system in the world, as well as provide a solid foundation for the exchange of data between different platforms and languages. In practice, this means that U+173F is currently an unused character, but it could be assigned specific meaning or function by organizations or individuals working with private unicode standards. The SPUA range (U+F0000-U+FFFD) allows for 65,536 additional characters to be created and used privately, without interfering with the universally recognized characters in the standard. Such a wide array of characters provides flexibility and adaptability within digital text, facilitating various applications from customized emojis or symbols in private communication, to unique characters for specific cultural or linguistic contexts. Despite its current status as an unused character, U+173F demonstrates the extensibility and versatility of the Unicode system in meeting the evolving needs of digital text and communication across the globe.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 5951 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.