Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character आ has the Unicode code point U+0906. 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+0906 to binary:
00001001 00000110. 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:
11100000 10100100 10000110
DEVANAGARI LETTER AA·U+0906
आ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0906
HEX
0906
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 A4 86 | 11100000 10100100 10000110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 09 06 | 00001001 00000110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 06 09 | 00000110 00001001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 09 06 | 00000000 00000000 00001001 00000110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 06 09 00 00 | 00000110 00001001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
आ
URI Encoded
%E0%A4%86
Description
Unicode character U+0906 represents the Devanagari letter "AA" (ड़ा). Devanagari is an abugida script used primarily for writing Hindi, along with several other Indian languages such as Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. The U+0906 character is used in digital text to represent the sound "ḍ", a retroflexed stop, which is made by striking the tip of the tongue against the upper back part of the mouth. This letter has significant cultural and linguistic importance as it is one of the 11 vowel-modifier letters in the Devanagari script that alter the basic consonant to produce a syllable. In digital texts, U+0906 may be used independently or combined with other Devanagari characters to form words and phrases in Hindi and related languages, thus playing a crucial role in preserving linguistic heritage and facilitating communication in these regions.
How to type the आ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 2310 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.