CJK RADICAL C-SIMPLIFIED SHELL·U+2EC9

Character Information

Code Point
U+2EC9
HEX
2EC9
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 BB 89
11100010 10111011 10001001
UTF16 (big Endian)
2E C9
00101110 11001001
UTF16 (little Endian)
C9 2E
11001001 00101110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2E C9
00000000 00000000 00101110 11001001
UTF32 (little Endian)
C9 2E 00 00
11001001 00101110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⻉
URI Encoded
%E2%BB%89

Description

The Unicode character U+2EC9, designated as "CJK RADICAL C-SIMPLIFIED SHELL," is an essential element within the realm of Chinese characters and typography. Primarily used in digital text, this character acts as a radical that simplifies other characters by combining with them, ultimately reducing their complexity. The utilization of U+2EC9 helps maintain consistency in typographic design while ensuring the legibility of characters in various digital platforms. Culturally and linguistically, U+2EC9 is rooted in the rich history of Chinese writing systems, where it plays a pivotal role in character formation and simplification. The character serves as a building block for numerous Chinese words, emphasizing its significance within the language's grammatical structure. Technically speaking, U+2EC9 is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs extension within the Unicode Standard, which aims to provide a comprehensive representation of characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. The accurate portrayal of this character in digital text ensures that users across various platforms can access and understand content from these linguistic traditions without hindrance. In summary, U+2EC9, the CJK RADICAL C-SIMPLIFIED SHELL, is a crucial component in Chinese characters and typography. Its usage simplifies characters, contributing to consistent digital text design while preserving legibility. Steeped in cultural, linguistic, and technical contexts, this Unicode character plays an indispensable role in the modern representation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 11977 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+2EC9. 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+2EC9 to binary: 00101110 11001001. 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:
    11100010 10111011 10001001