Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+2069. 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+2069 to binary:
00100000 01101001. 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 10000001 10101001
POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE·U+2069
Character Information
Code Point
U+2069
HEX
2069
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Format
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 81 A9 | 11100010 10000001 10101001 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 69 | 00100000 01101001 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 69 20 | 01101001 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 69 | 00000000 00000000 00100000 01101001 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 69 20 00 00 | 01101001 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
⁩
URI Encoded
%E2%81%A9
Description
The Unicode character U+2069, known as the POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE, is a typographical symbol primarily used in digital text to represent the direction of a piece of text or an isolated word within a paragraph. In certain languages and typographic conventions, it serves as a visual cue for readers, indicating that the following text should be read from right to left (RTL), or in some cases, top to bottom. This character is particularly important for maintaining the integrity of text directionality in multilingual documents or websites, where different languages and scripts may require varying reading directions. It has been widely adopted by developers and designers to ensure the correct rendering of text in various digital platforms. Despite its importance in certain contexts, U+2069 is not commonly used outside of specific linguistic and typographic domains due to the widespread use of other directional markers and the increasing support for bidirectional text rendering by modern software and browsers.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8297 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.