Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+3000. 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+3000 to binary:
00110000 00000000. 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:
11100011 10000000 10000000
IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE·U+3000
Character Information
Code Point
U+3000
HEX
3000
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Space Separator
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 80 80 | 11100011 10000000 10000000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 30 00 | 00110000 00000000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 00 30 | 00000000 00110000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 30 00 | 00000000 00000000 00110000 00000000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 00 30 00 00 | 00000000 00110000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
　
URI Encoded
%E3%80%80
Description
The Unicode character U+3000, known as IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE, plays a crucial role in digital text, particularly in East Asian typography. While the concept of a "space" might seem familiar to Western typographers, its function and significance differ greatly in East Asian texts. The IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE serves as a visual separator between characters or elements within a sentence or phrase without causing line breaks, ensuring optimal readability. This is particularly useful when working with complex scripts like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where words can be composed of multiple characters and spaces are typically not used to separate them. Thus, the IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE facilitates accurate representation and interpretation of text while preserving cultural nuances.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12288 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.