DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN O·U+094B

Character Information

Code Point
U+094B
HEX
094B
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Spacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A5 8B
11100000 10100101 10001011
UTF16 (big Endian)
09 4B
00001001 01001011
UTF16 (little Endian)
4B 09
01001011 00001001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 09 4B
00000000 00000000 00001001 01001011
UTF32 (little Endian)
4B 09 00 00
01001011 00001001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ो
URI Encoded
%E0%A5%8B

Description

U+094B Devanagari Vowel Sign O is a critical component of the Devanagari script, predominantly used for writing Hindi and several other Indian languages such as Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, and Maithili. In digital text, this character represents the 'o' vowel sound in the Devanagari script, which is an abugida system where each letter has an inherent vowel sound, usually 'a'. The character is essential for accurately representing the pronunciation of words in these languages and enabling proper communication. As a widely used script in South Asia, Devanagari plays a crucial role in preserving cultural heritage and facilitating modern communication in the region. The character U+094B Devanagari Vowel Sign O contributes to this function by providing an accurate representation of the 'o' sound in various languages, ensuring the correct pronunciation and interpretation of words.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2379 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+094B. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    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 the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+094B to binary: 00001001 01001011. Those are the payload bits.

  3. 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 10100101 10001011