Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⲧ has the Unicode code point U+2CA7. 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+2CA7 to binary:
00101100 10100111. 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 10100111
COPTIC SMALL LETTER TAU·U+2CA7
ⲧ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2CA7
HEX
2CA7
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B2 A7 | 11100010 10110010 10100111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2C A7 | 00101100 10100111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | A7 2C | 10100111 00101100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2C A7 | 00000000 00000000 00101100 10100111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | A7 2C 00 00 | 10100111 00101100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⲧ
URI Encoded
%E2%B2%A7
Description
The character U+2CA7, known as COPTIC SMALL LETTER TAU, plays a significant role in digital typography, particularly within the realm of Coptic language texts. This unique character is indispensable for accurate representation and translation of ancient Coptic texts, which are written using the Coptic alphabet. The Coptic alphabet, originating in Egypt during the Roman period and used primarily by the native Christian population, evolved from the Greek alphabet and features 24 distinct letters. COPTIC SMALL LETTER TAU is a lowercase version of the letter Tau (U+2CA6) and represents the phoneme /t/, similar to its Latin counterpart 't'. This character is invaluable for linguistic research, historical studies, and the preservation of cultural heritage.
How to type the ⲧ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11431 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.