Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ₠ has the Unicode code point U+20A0. 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+20A0 to binary:
00100000 10100000. 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:
11100010 10000010 10100000
EURO-CURRENCY SIGN·U+20A0
₠
Character Information
Code Point
U+20A0
HEX
20A0
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Currency Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 82 A0 | 11100010 10000010 10100000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 A0 | 00100000 10100000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | A0 20 | 10100000 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 A0 | 00000000 00000000 00100000 10100000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | A0 20 00 00 | 10100000 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
₠
URI Encoded
%E2%82%A0
Description
The Unicode character U+20A0, known as the EURO CURRENCY SIGN, plays a crucial role in digital text by representing the Euro symbol (€). This universally recognized symbol is used to denote the European single currency, which is employed across multiple countries within the European Union. The EURO CURRENCY SIGN is often employed in various applications like financial documents, websites, and software systems to display monetary values in a concise and easily identifiable manner. It is part of the ISO 4217 currency code system, where "EUR" stands for Euro. This character is vital for consistent communication of monetary information across different digital platforms and helps avoid confusion that could arise from using multiple notations or symbols for expressing values in Euros.
How to type the ₠ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8352 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.