Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ጊ has the Unicode code point U+130A. 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+130A to binary:
00010011 00001010. 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:
11100001 10001100 10001010
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GI·U+130A
ጊ
Character Information
Code Point
U+130A
HEX
130A
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 8C 8A | 11100001 10001100 10001010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 13 0A | 00010011 00001010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 0A 13 | 00001010 00010011 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 13 0A | 00000000 00000000 00010011 00001010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 0A 13 00 00 | 00001010 00010011 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ጊ
URI Encoded
%E1%8C%8A
Description
The character U+130A, known as ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GI, is a significant component of the Ethiopic script, which is also called Ge'ez or Classical Ethiopian. This script is one of the oldest writing systems in Africa and was primarily used for religious texts, including the Ge'ez Bible, before evolving into various modern Ethiopian languages such as Amharic. In digital text, U+130A serves its typical role as a consonant-vowel syllable in the Ethiopic writing system, where each syllable consists of a base character representing a consonant followed by a modifier character representing the vowel or tone. The ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GI is used to represent the Gi syllable when placed after a specific base character in the Ethiopic script, thus contributing to the rich linguistic heritage of Ethiopia and neighboring countries.
How to type the ጊ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 4874 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.