Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+2060. 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+2060 to binary:
00100000 01100000. 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 10100000
WORD JOINER·U+2060
Character Information
Code Point
U+2060
HEX
2060
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Format
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 81 A0 | 11100010 10000001 10100000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 60 | 00100000 01100000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 60 20 | 01100000 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 60 | 00000000 00000000 00100000 01100000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 60 20 00 00 | 01100000 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
⁠
URI Encoded
%E2%81%A0
Description
The Unicode character U+2060, known as the Word Joiner (WJ), plays a vital role in facilitating the typing of compound words and phrases in languages that don't have distinct word-separator characters. Its typical usage or role in digital text is to visually separate words without introducing spaces, which can be particularly useful in programming languages, markup languages like HTML, and Unicode normalization formats. While it may seem redundant in English, the Word Joiner proves indispensable in languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean where word separation is crucial for accurate text processing and machine translation. This character helps maintain the integrity of multi-character words, enabling seamless communication and preserving linguistic nuances across different scripts and systems.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8288 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.