Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ϔ has the Unicode code point U+03D4. 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+03D4 to binary:
00000011 11010100. 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 10010100
GREEK UPSILON WITH DIAERESIS AND HOOK SYMBOL·U+03D4
ϔ
Character Information
Code Point
U+03D4
HEX
03D4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Uppercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | CF 94 | 11001111 10010100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 03 D4 | 00000011 11010100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | D4 03 | 11010100 00000011 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 03 D4 | 00000000 00000000 00000011 11010100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | D4 03 00 00 | 11010100 00000011 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ϔ
URI Encoded
%CF%94
Description
The Unicode character U+03D4 represents the Greek letter "Upsilon with Diaeresis and Hook". It is predominantly used in digital text for typographical purposes, often in mathematical or scientific contexts. In linguistic and cultural contexts, it has been seen in various historical texts, especially ancient Greek inscriptions, but its use is not common in modern languages. The symbol combines an Upsilon (υ) with a diaeresis mark (¨), which indicates that the vowel sound is separate from any adjacent syllable, and a hook (ͺ) which serves as an additional diacritical mark. Its primary use lies in typography where it is often used for emphasis or to avoid ambiguity in written texts.
How to type the ϔ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0980 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.