CIRCLED HANGUL KIYEOK·U+3260

Character Information

Code Point
U+3260
HEX
3260
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 89 A0
11100011 10001001 10100000
UTF16 (big Endian)
32 60
00110010 01100000
UTF16 (little Endian)
60 32
01100000 00110010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 32 60
00000000 00000000 00110010 01100000
UTF32 (little Endian)
60 32 00 00
01100000 00110010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
㉠
URI Encoded
%E3%89%A0

Description

The Unicode character U+3260, known as the "Circled Hangul Kiyeok," is a vital component of the Korean language. It represents the consonant sound /p/ and occupies its position in the Hangul alphabet as the second character. As a part of the Hangul script, U+3260 plays a pivotal role in digital text, enabling accurate and efficient communication in the Korean language. The Circled Hangul Kiyeok is often utilized to depict the initial consonant sound in words or to create compound syllables when combined with other vowel characters. This character holds significant cultural and linguistic importance in Korea, reflecting the evolution of the Korean script from a purely phonetic writing system to a more complex syllabary that also carries semantic meaning. Today, U+3260 is widely used across digital platforms, ensuring the accurate representation and transmission of Korean text for global communication.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12896 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+3260. 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+3260 to binary: 00110010 01100000. 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 10100000