Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⁖ has the Unicode code point U+2056. 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+2056 to binary:
00100000 01010110. 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 10010110
THREE DOT PUNCTUATION·U+2056
⁖
Character Information
Code Point
U+2056
HEX
2056
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Punctuation
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 81 96 | 11100010 10000001 10010110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 56 | 00100000 01010110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 56 20 | 01010110 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 56 | 00000000 00000000 00100000 01010110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 56 20 00 00 | 01010110 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
⁖
URI Encoded
%E2%81%96
Description
The Unicode character U+2056 is known as the Three Dot Punctuation, also referred to as the Triple Point or Ellipsis. It plays a significant role in digital text by representing an omission or a pause in speech or writing, often signifying a trailing off or hesitation. While not a culturally specific symbol, its usage may reflect varying degrees of emphasis depending on the cultural context. The Three Dot Punctuation is also used in programming languages and markup languages to denote certain actions such as ellipsis in patterns for data types in C#, or in HTML and XML to create an explicit ellipsis character (…).
How to type the ⁖ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8278 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.