CHEROKEE LETTER GU·U+13AB

Character Information

Code Point
U+13AB
HEX
13AB
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Uppercase Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 8E AB
11100001 10001110 10101011
UTF16 (big Endian)
13 AB
00010011 10101011
UTF16 (little Endian)
AB 13
10101011 00010011
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 13 AB
00000000 00000000 00010011 10101011
UTF32 (little Endian)
AB 13 00 00
10101011 00010011 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
Ꭻ
URI Encoded
%E1%8E%AB

Description

The Unicode character U+13AB, known as CHEROKEE LETTER GU, holds a significant position in the Cherokee language. This particular letter is unique to the Cherokee writing system and does not exist within the standard English alphabet or other major languages. Typically used in digital text, it serves as a fundamental element for transcribing Cherokee, an indigenous North American language spoken by the Cherokee people. The Cherokee script, of which U+13AB is a part, is a syllabary and each character represents a mora, or a syllable in the language. This specific character has not been widely adopted outside its linguistic context due to the limited number of speakers of the Cherokee language and the unique nature of its script. However, for those familiar with the Cherokee language, U+13AB plays an essential role in accurately representing the rich cultural heritage and history of the Cherokee people through their native written form.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 5035 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+13AB. 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+13AB to binary: 00010011 10101011. 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 10001110 10101011