CIRCLED HANGUL CIEUC·U+3268

Character Information

Code Point
U+3268
HEX
3268
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 89 A8
11100011 10001001 10101000
UTF16 (big Endian)
32 68
00110010 01101000
UTF16 (little Endian)
68 32
01101000 00110010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 32 68
00000000 00000000 00110010 01101000
UTF32 (little Endian)
68 32 00 00
01101000 00110010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
㉨
URI Encoded
%E3%89%A8

Description

U+3268 is the Unicode code point for the character "CIRCLED HANGUL CIEUC" (ᄌ). This typographical symbol is a part of the Korean Hangul script, which is the official writing system of the Korean language. The character represents the consonant sound 'cieu', which is one of the 14 consonants in Hangul, and when combined with one of the 10 vowel symbols, it forms a syllable block that constitutes a fundamental unit of the Hangul writing system. U+3268's typical usage in digital text is found in texts written in Korean, where it helps convey meaning and maintain the linguistic integrity of the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures compatibility across various digital platforms and supports internationalization efforts for the Korean language.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12904 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+3268. 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+3268 to binary: 00110010 01101000. 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:
    11100011 10001001 10101000