Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ः has the Unicode code point U+0903. 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+0903 to binary:
00001001 00000011. 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 10000011
DEVANAGARI SIGN VISARGA·U+0903
ः
Character Information
Code Point
U+0903
HEX
0903
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Spacing Mark
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 A4 83 | 11100000 10100100 10000011 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 09 03 | 00001001 00000011 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 03 09 | 00000011 00001001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 09 03 | 00000000 00000000 00001001 00000011 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 03 09 00 00 | 00000011 00001001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ः
URI Encoded
%E0%A4%83
Description
The Unicode character U+0903 represents the "Devanagari Sign Visarga" in digital text. This character serves as a diacritic, which is a glyph added to another letter or word to provide phonological, grammatical, or orthographic information. In the Devanagari script, used primarily for writing Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and several other Indian languages, the Visarga (व) is a virama, which means it indicates that no other consonant follows the letter it modifies. It helps distinguish between words with similar consonant clusters and avoids ambiguity in written text. The Devanagari script is widely used in South Asia and holds cultural significance for millions of speakers, making the Visarga an important component of the script and digital text representation.
How to type the ः symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 2307 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.