ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE CCA·U+2DA8

Character Information

Code Point
U+2DA8
HEX
2DA8
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 B6 A8
11100010 10110110 10101000
UTF16 (big Endian)
2D A8
00101101 10101000
UTF16 (little Endian)
A8 2D
10101000 00101101
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2D A8
00000000 00000000 00101101 10101000
UTF32 (little Endian)
A8 2D 00 00
10101000 00101101 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ⶨ
URI Encoded
%E2%B6%A8

Description

The Unicode character U+2DA8, known as ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE CCA, is a crucial component of the Ethiopic script. This script is primarily used for writing Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In digital text, this specific character serves as a building block to create various syllables within the Ethiopic script system. U+2DA8 contributes to the versatility and richness of the Ethiopic script by enabling writers to represent a wide range of phonetic possibilities in Amharic language. In terms of linguistic context, this character reflects the unique features of the Ge'ez script, which has been used since ancient times and is still influential in modern Ethiopian languages. Overall, U+2DA8 plays an indispensable role in maintaining and promoting the cultural identity and linguistic diversity of the Ethiopian people through digital text representation.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 11688 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+2DA8. 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+2DA8 to binary: 00101101 10101000. 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 10110110 10101000