Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+200C. 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+200C to binary:
00100000 00001100. 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 10001100
ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER·U+200C
Character Information
Code Point
U+200C
HEX
200C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Format
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 80 8C | 11100010 10000000 10001100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 20 0C | 00100000 00001100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 0C 20 | 00001100 00100000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 20 0C | 00000000 00000000 00100000 00001100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 0C 20 00 00 | 00001100 00100000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
‌
URI Encoded
%E2%80%8C
Description
The Unicode character U+200C (ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER) plays a crucial role in typography, particularly in the context of digital text formatting. Its primary purpose is to control the spacing between characters, ensuring that certain characters or scripts do not join together when displayed or printed. This is especially important in languages with complex character sets and specific rules for character interaction, such as Arabic, Devanagari, or Thai scripts. The ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER prevents adjacent characters from merging, preserving the desired visual appearance and legibility of text. Its precise usage is dictated by language and font conventions, highlighting the importance of Unicode in facilitating accurate rendering and interpretation of text across diverse cultures and languages.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8204 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.