Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㋄ has the Unicode code point U+32C4. 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+32C4 to binary:
00110010 11000100. 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 10000100
IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR MAY·U+32C4
㋄
Character Information
Code Point
U+32C4
HEX
32C4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 8B 84 | 11100011 10001011 10000100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 32 C4 | 00110010 11000100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | C4 32 | 11000100 00110010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 32 C4 | 00000000 00000000 00110010 11000100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | C4 32 00 00 | 11000100 00110010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
㋄
URI Encoded
%E3%8B%84
Description
The Unicode character U+32C4, IDEOGRAPHIC TELEGRAPH SYMBOL FOR MAY (☧), plays a significant role in digital text as part of the Japanese telegraph symbol set. These symbols were developed to represent specific messages or concepts using a minimal number of characters, facilitating quick and efficient communication over the limited infrastructure of early telegraph systems. The ideographic telegraph symbol for May represents a month on the calendar or signifies a particular event occurring in the month of May. In the context of Japanese language and culture, these symbols are still used today as shorthand representations for certain concepts or messages. Despite the advent of modern communication technologies, these symbols hold cultural significance and serve as an interesting bridge between historical and contemporary means of communication.
How to type the ㋄ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12996 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.