Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⷚ has the Unicode code point U+2DDA. 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+2DDA to binary:
00101101 11011010. 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:
11100010 10110111 10011010
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GYI·U+2DDA
ⷚ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2DDA
HEX
2DDA
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B7 9A | 11100010 10110111 10011010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2D DA | 00101101 11011010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | DA 2D | 11011010 00101101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2D DA | 00000000 00000000 00101101 11011010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | DA 2D 00 00 | 11011010 00101101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⷚ
URI Encoded
%E2%B7%9A
Description
The Unicode character U+2DDA, known as ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GYI, plays a crucial role in Ethiopian orthography and digital text representation. In the Ethiopic script, which is an abugida system, each character typically represents both a consonant and an inherent vowel, with U+2DDA representing the syllable "gy." This character's usage is primarily found in Amharic and other Ethiopian Semitic languages. Amharic is not only the official working language of Ethiopia but also one of the most widely spoken languages on the African continent. Therefore, U+2DDA holds significant cultural, linguistic, and technical relevance, contributing to the accurate representation of written communication in the Ethiopian context.
How to type the ⷚ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11738 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.