Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ሧ has the Unicode code point U+1227. 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+1227 to binary:
00010010 00100111. 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 10100111
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SZWA·U+1227
ሧ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1227
HEX
1227
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 88 A7 | 11100001 10001000 10100111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 12 27 | 00010010 00100111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 27 12 | 00100111 00010010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 12 27 | 00000000 00000000 00010010 00100111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 27 12 00 00 | 00100111 00010010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ሧ
URI Encoded
%E1%88%A7
Description
U+1227 is the Unicode character representing ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SZWA, an essential component of the Ethiopic script, also known as Ge'ez. This syllable serves a pivotal role in digital text by facilitating the accurate representation and encoding of traditional Ethiopian literature, religious texts, and modern Ethiopian languages such as Amharic. The Ethiopic script is unique in its use of abugida structure, where each character represents both a consonant and an inherent vowel (usually /a/), and additional diacritical marks are employed to modify the inherent vowel or indicate other syllable modifications. U+1227 specifically represents the 'szwa' sound, which consists of the Ethiopic letter 's' followed by the inherent vowel 'a', thus corresponding to the English pronunciation /sɑ/. The use of such characters in digital text enables a more precise and culturally accurate representation of this ancient and historically significant script.
How to type the ሧ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 4647 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.