Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㋀ has the Unicode code point U+32C0. 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+32C0 to binary:
00110010 11000000. 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 10001011 10000000
IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR JANUARY·U+32C0
㋀
Character Information
Code Point
U+32C0
HEX
32C0
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 8B 80 | 11100011 10001011 10000000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 32 C0 | 00110010 11000000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | C0 32 | 11000000 00110010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 32 C0 | 00000000 00000000 00110010 11000000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | C0 32 00 00 | 11000000 00110010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
㋀
URI Encoded
%E3%8B%80
Description
The Unicode character U+32C0, known as the IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR JANUARY, holds a significant role in digital text communication, particularly within the Japanese culture. It is part of the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) X 0213:2004 encoding scheme and serves as a unique representation for each month of the year in telegraphic messages. This character's cultural and linguistic importance lies in its usage during Japan's early telegraphy era when long sentences were often condensed into these abbreviated forms to save time and cost, thus becoming an integral part of Japanese communication history. The IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR JANUARY, along with other symbols in the series (U+32C1 for February, U+32C2 for March, and so on), offers a compact way to convey information about specific dates or periods without using lengthy text descriptions. Although not commonly used in contemporary digital communication, these characters still hold historical value and provide insight into how early telegraph systems operated in Japan.
How to type the ㋀ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12992 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.