Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㊈ has the Unicode code point U+3288. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
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 thexare the payload bits.UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range Codepoint Range Bytes Bit pattern Payload length U+0000 - U+007F 1 0xxxxxxx 7 bits U+0080 - U+07FF 2 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx 11 bits U+0800 - U+FFFF 3 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 16 bits U+10000 - U+10FFFF 4 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 21 bits Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:
Convert the hexadecimal code point U+3288 to binary:
00110010 10001000. Those are the payload bits.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 10001010 10001000
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH NINE·U+3288
㊈
Character Information
Code Point
U+3288
HEX
3288
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Number
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 8A 88 | 11100011 10001010 10001000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 32 88 | 00110010 10001000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 88 32 | 10001000 00110010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 32 88 | 00000000 00000000 00110010 10001000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 88 32 00 00 | 10001000 00110010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
㊈
URI Encoded
%E3%8A%88
Description
The Unicode character U+3288 is known as the "CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH NINE". It holds a significant role in digital text particularly in Chinese numeral systems. It is frequently used to represent the number nine in various contexts, such as counting or enumeration. Although it might appear as an ideograph, it is not associated with any specific cultural or linguistic meaning beyond its numerical value. Due to its unique circular form and distinctiveness from other numbers, U+3288 provides a useful tool for differentiating between numerals in digitally represented text, particularly when fonts are limited or lack standard arabic numerals.
How to type the ㊈ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12936 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.