SQUARE PA AMPS·U+3380

Character Information

Code Point
U+3380
HEX
3380
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 8E 80
11100011 10001110 10000000
UTF16 (big Endian)
33 80
00110011 10000000
UTF16 (little Endian)
80 33
10000000 00110011
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 33 80
00000000 00000000 00110011 10000000
UTF32 (little Endian)
80 33 00 00
10000000 00110011 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
㎀
URI Encoded
%E3%8E%80

Description

The Unicode character U+3380, also known as the SQUARE PA AMPS, is primarily used in digital typography for representing the square root of a number. Typically, this character is utilized within mathematical equations or scientific texts to indicate that the preceding value should be squared or raised to the power of 2. The SQUARE PA AMPS character serves an important role in providing accuracy and clarity in these contexts, ensuring readers can easily understand and interpret complex calculations. Additionally, this character's usage is influenced by its Unicode designation, which was specifically created to ensure consistency and compatibility across various digital platforms and languages.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 13184 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+3380. 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+3380 to binary: 00110011 10000000. 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:
    11100011 10001110 10000000