Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ά has the Unicode code point U+03AC. 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+03AC to binary:
00000011 10101100. 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:
11001110 10101100
GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS·U+03AC
ά
Character Information
Code Point
U+03AC
HEX
03AC
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | CE AC | 11001110 10101100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 03 AC | 00000011 10101100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | AC 03 | 10101100 00000011 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 03 AC | 00000000 00000000 00000011 10101100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | AC 03 00 00 | 10101100 00000011 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ά
URI Encoded
%CE%AC
Description
U+03AC Greek Small Letter Alpha with Tonos is a Unicode character representing the accented form of the lowercase Greek letter alpha. This character is primarily used in digital text for transcribing the Greek language, which has been influential in various fields such as mathematics, philosophy, and science. The Greek alphabet forms the basis of the Latin alphabet used today, making this character a crucial element in understanding the historical development of modern language systems. The tonos in this character refers to an accent mark that can be used with vowels in both Greek and other languages such as Albanian, Aromanian, and Megleno-Romanian, to indicate different phonetic values or to provide stress markers for pronunciation purposes.
How to type the ά symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0940 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.