Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⱀ has the Unicode code point U+2C40. 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+2C40 to binary:
00101100 01000000. 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 10110001 10000000
GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER NASHI·U+2C40
ⱀ
Character Information
Code Point
U+2C40
HEX
2C40
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 B1 80 | 11100010 10110001 10000000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2C 40 | 00101100 01000000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 40 2C | 01000000 00101100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2C 40 | 00000000 00000000 00101100 01000000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 40 2C 00 00 | 01000000 00101100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ⱀ
URI Encoded
%E2%B1%80
Description
U+2C40 is a character in the Unicode Standard, representing the Glagolitic Small Letter Nashik (ὃ). This unique typographic symbol plays a significant role within digital text systems, particularly when dealing with Old Church Slavonic texts written using the ancient Glagolitic script. Developed around the 9th century in the First Bulgarian Empire, Glagolitica is one of the earliest Slavic writing systems and has been instrumental in preserving linguistic and cultural heritage from that era. Despite its historical significance, usage of U+2C40 and other Glagolitic characters has become less common due to the widespread adoption of the Cyrillic script for modern Slavic languages.
How to type the ⱀ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 11328 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.