Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ሜ has the Unicode code point U+121C. 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+121C to binary:
00010010 00011100. 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 10001000 10011100
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MEE·U+121C
ሜ
Character Information
Code Point
U+121C
HEX
121C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 88 9C | 11100001 10001000 10011100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 12 1C | 00010010 00011100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 1C 12 | 00011100 00010010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 12 1C | 00000000 00000000 00010010 00011100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 1C 12 00 00 | 00011100 00010010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ሜ
URI Encoded
%E1%88%9C
Description
The Unicode character U+121C, also known as ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MEE, plays a significant role in digital text by representing one of the 26 syllabic characters used in the Ethiopian script. This script is primarily used to write Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and other Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Tigrinya and Tigre. The character U+121C specifically represents the syllable "ee" in Ethiopian writing system, which consists of 33 basic characters and several additional modifiers to indicate vowels, tones, and other phonetic features. In digital text, ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MEE is used for accurate representation of words and sentences written in Amharic and related languages, enabling efficient communication and information sharing among Ethiopian speakers worldwide.
How to type the ሜ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 4636 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.