Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⲁ has the Unicode code point U+2C81. 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+2C81 to binary:
00101100 10000001. 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 10110010 10000001
COPTIC SMALL LETTER ALFA·U+2C81
ⲁ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2C81
HEX
2C81
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B2 81 | 11100010 10110010 10000001 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2C 81 | 00101100 10000001 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 81 2C | 10000001 00101100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2C 81 | 00000000 00000000 00101100 10000001 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 81 2C 00 00 | 10000001 00101100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⲁ
URI Encoded
%E2%B2%81
Description
The Unicode character U+2C81 represents the COPTIC SMALL LETTER ALFA in digital text. This letter is used within the Coptic script, which was employed for writing the Coptic language. The Coptic language is of significant cultural and linguistic importance as it emerged from the ancient Egyptian language and was used by the Coptic Christians of Egypt. U+2C81 is typically utilized in digital texts for the accurate representation of Coptic script, enabling the preservation and study of this historical language.
How to type the ⲁ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11393 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.