CIRCLED HANGUL NIEUN·U+3261

Character Information

Code Point
U+3261
HEX
3261
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 89 A1
11100011 10001001 10100001
UTF16 (big Endian)
32 61
00110010 01100001
UTF16 (little Endian)
61 32
01100001 00110010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 32 61
00000000 00000000 00110010 01100001
UTF32 (little Endian)
61 32 00 00
01100001 00110010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
㉡
URI Encoded
%E3%89%A1

Description

U+3261, also known as the Circled Hangul Nieun (ㅥ), is a character in the Unicode Standard, which encompasses characters from a wide range of scripts and languages for digital text representation. In the Korean language, this character represents the consonant 'nieun' (니) and is part of the Hangul script. It was added to the Unicode standard in 1997 as part of the third major version update, expanding the capabilities of digital communication across various platforms and devices. The Circled Hangul Nieun character is used to denote a syllable block in Korean text input systems, where it serves as an input method for learners or non-native speakers who are unfamiliar with the standard Hangul forms. This character's role highlights its cultural significance, as the Hangul script is integral to the Korean language and is widely used by millions of people worldwide. As digital communication continues to expand globally, characters like U+3261 play a crucial role in maintaining linguistic diversity and facilitating accurate information exchange across different cultures and languages.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12897 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+3261. 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+3261 to binary: 00110010 01100001. 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 10100001