Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ‿ has the Unicode code point U+203F. 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+203F to binary:
00100000 00111111. 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 10111111
UNDERTIE·U+203F
‿
Character Information
Code Point
U+203F
HEX
203F
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Connector Punctuation
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 80 BF | 11100010 10000000 10111111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 3F | 00100000 00111111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 3F 20 | 00111111 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 3F | 00000000 00000000 00100000 00111111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 3F 20 00 00 | 00111111 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
‿
URI Encoded
%E2%80%BF
Description
The Unicode character U+203F is known as the "UNDERTIE" symbol. This typographical glyph is primarily used in digital text to represent a superscript element that typically appears beneath the text it modifies. In technical contexts, the UNDERTIE symbol can be employed within mathematical notation, where it may serve to denote a variable, subscript or index. While its usage is relatively uncommon compared to other Unicode characters, the UNDERTIE symbol plays an important role in specific areas of digital text, particularly in mathematics and related disciplines.
How to type the ‿ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8255 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.