Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character … has the Unicode code point U+2026. 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+2026 to binary:
00100000 00100110. 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 10000000 10100110
HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS·U+2026
…
Character Information
Code Point
U+2026
HEX
2026
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Punctuation
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 80 A6 | 11100010 10000000 10100110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 26 | 00100000 00100110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 26 20 | 00100110 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 26 | 00000000 00000000 00100000 00100110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 26 20 00 00 | 00100110 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
…
URI Encoded
%E2%80%A6
Description
The Unicode character U+2026 (Horizontal Ellipsis) is a typographical symbol commonly used in digital text to represent an omission or suspension of thought. It is often employed to indicate that content has been intentionally withheld, or when the end of a sentence or line of thought is implied but not explicitly stated. In addition to its role in written communication, the Horizontal Ellipsis can also be utilized as a placeholder for the missing characters in a text string, or as a way to create space between lines of text without using blank lines. Its use may vary across languages and cultures, although it is most commonly recognized in English-language texts.
How to type the … symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8230 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.