Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⳇ has the Unicode code point U+2CC7. 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+2CC7 to binary:
00101100 11000111. 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 10110011 10000111
COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC ESH·U+2CC7
ⳇ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2CC7
HEX
2CC7
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B3 87 | 11100010 10110011 10000111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2C C7 | 00101100 11000111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | C7 2C | 11000111 00101100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2C C7 | 00000000 00000000 00101100 11000111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | C7 2C 00 00 | 11000111 00101100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⳇ
URI Encoded
%E2%B3%87
Description
U+2CC7, known as the COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC ESH, plays a significant role in the digital representation of the ancient Coptic language. This character is primarily used to encode the lowercase form of the Old Coptic letter 'Esh', one of the 24 letters of the Coptic alphabet. The Coptic language, spoken predominantly by the native inhabitants of Egypt, has its roots in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and later evolved through the influence of Greek. The character U+2CC7 is crucial in preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of this unique language, enabling accurate digital communication and documentation of texts written in Coptic.
How to type the ⳇ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11463 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.