Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ው has the Unicode code point U+12CD. 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+12CD to binary:
00010010 11001101. 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 10001011 10001101
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE WE·U+12CD
ው
Character Information
Code Point
U+12CD
HEX
12CD
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 8B 8D | 11100001 10001011 10001101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 12 CD | 00010010 11001101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | CD 12 | 11001101 00010010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 12 CD | 00000000 00000000 00010010 11001101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | CD 12 00 00 | 11001101 00010010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ው
URI Encoded
%E1%8B%8D
Description
The Unicode character U+12CD represents the Ethiopic Syllable We (፧), which is a component of the Ge'ez script used in Ethiopian languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Tigre. In digital text, this character serves as a building block for constructing words in these languages by combining with other Ethiopic syllable characters to form phonetic units. The Ge'ez script has been in use since the 4th century AD and holds significant cultural, linguistic, and historical value as it was used for religious texts of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, governmental documents, and literary works. Today, U+12CD plays a crucial role in digital text representation for these languages, enabling accurate transcryption and preservation of Ethiopic literature and oral traditions on modern computing systems.
How to type the ው symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 4813 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.