Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ϭ has the Unicode code point U+03ED. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0080to0x07ff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format:110xxxxx 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+03ED to binary:
00000011 11101101. 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:
11001111 10101101
COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA·U+03ED
ϭ
Character Information
Code Point
U+03ED
HEX
03ED
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | CF AD | 11001111 10101101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 03 ED | 00000011 11101101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | ED 03 | 11101101 00000011 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 03 ED | 00000000 00000000 00000011 11101101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | ED 03 00 00 | 11101101 00000011 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ϭ
URI Encoded
%CF%AD
Description
The character U+03ED, known as COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA, plays a significant role in digital text representation of the Coptic language, which is primarily used by the native Coptic Christians residing in Egypt and other countries where this minority population lives. This Unicode character is utilized to represent the phonetic value /ʃ/ (the voiced postalveolar fricative) in the Coptic alphabet, a script derived from the Greek alphabet but adapted for use with the unique phonology of the ancient Egyptian language. COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA's inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital rendering and display of Coptic texts across various platforms and devices, which is vital for preserving and promoting this ancient and culturally rich language.
How to type the ϭ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 1005 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.