Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ␜ has the Unicode code point U+241C. 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+241C to binary:
00100100 00011100. 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 10010000 10011100
SYMBOL FOR FILE SEPARATOR·U+241C
␜
Character Information
Code Point
U+241C
HEX
241C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 90 9C | 11100010 10010000 10011100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 24 1C | 00100100 00011100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 1C 24 | 00011100 00100100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 24 1C | 00000000 00000000 00100100 00011100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 1C 24 00 00 | 00011100 00100100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
␜
URI Encoded
%E2%90%9C
Description
The Unicode character U+241C represents the "FILE SEPARATOR" symbol, which plays a crucial role in digital text processing systems. It is primarily used as a delimiter when dealing with data file formats such as EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and EDIFACT (EDI FActoring). The FILE SEPARATOR helps separate different segments of the data stream to ensure efficient processing and smooth communication between various systems. Although it may not have a direct linguistic or cultural significance, its importance in the realm of digital text and data file management cannot be understated due to the extensive use of delimiter symbols in various computer languages and programming paradigms.
How to type the ␜ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 9244 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.