Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⷳ has the Unicode code point U+2DF3. 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+2DF3 to binary:
00101101 11110011. 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 10110111 10110011
COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER SHCHA·U+2DF3
ⷳ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2DF3
HEX
2DF3
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B7 B3 | 11100010 10110111 10110011 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2D F3 | 00101101 11110011 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F3 2D | 11110011 00101101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2D F3 | 00000000 00000000 00101101 11110011 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F3 2D 00 00 | 11110011 00101101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⷳ
URI Encoded
%E2%B7%B3
Description
The COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER SHCHA (U+2DF3) is a Unicode character primarily used in digital texts for rendering Cyrillic script. This character is part of the Extended Cyrillic block, which includes additional characters beyond those found in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). In its typical usage, COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER SHCHA functions as a combining character, meaning it can be combined with other letters to form words or phrases in languages that use the Cyrillic script, such as Russian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian. The character itself represents the sound "sh" in these languages and is used for phonetic representation. It's important to note that COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER SHCHA is not commonly found in casual text or everyday communication, but rather in specialized texts dealing with linguistics, typography, or digital humanities.
How to type the ⷳ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11763 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.