HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT·U+2771

Character Information

Code Point
U+2771
HEX
2771
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Close Punctuation

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 9D B1
11100010 10011101 10110001
UTF16 (big Endian)
27 71
00100111 01110001
UTF16 (little Endian)
71 27
01110001 00100111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 27 71
00000000 00000000 00100111 01110001
UTF32 (little Endian)
71 27 00 00
01110001 00100111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
❱
URI Encoded
%E2%9D%B1

Description

U+2771, the HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT character, is a unique typographical symbol found in the Unicode Standard, a system that encodes characters for digital text. This character serves as an ornamental heavy right-pointing angle bracket, often used in decorative contexts and graphic design to add flair and visual interest. It is not commonly used in typical textual communication due to its highly specialized purpose, but can be found in various font libraries and typography-focused creative work. There isn't a specific cultural or linguistic context for this character, as it primarily serves an aesthetic function. However, in technical documents or programming, it might be employed in a metafictive or metafunctional role, emphasizing its decorative purpose rather than any functional one. In summary, U+2771, the HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT, is an intriguing symbol that adds visual appeal and creativity to digital text while fulfilling a primarily decorative role.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10097 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+2771. 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+2771 to binary: 00100111 01110001. 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:
    11100010 10011101 10110001