Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᾇ has the Unicode code point U+1F87. 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+1F87 to binary:
00011111 10000111. 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:
11100001 10111110 10000111
GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH DASIA AND PERISPOMENI AND YPOGEGRAMMENI·U+1F87
ᾇ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1F87
HEX
1F87
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 BE 87 | 11100001 10111110 10000111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1F 87 | 00011111 10000111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 87 1F | 10000111 00011111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1F 87 | 00000000 00000000 00011111 10000111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 87 1F 00 00 | 10000111 00011111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᾇ
URI Encoded
%E1%BE%87
Description
The Unicode character U+1F87 represents the "Greek Small Letter Alpha with Dasia and Perispoomeni and Ypogegrammeni," a unique combination of diacritics applied to the Greek letter Alpha. In digital text, this character serves a specific purpose in representing the pronunciation or accentuation of the Greek word it is part of. The combination of Dasia (a hook-like mark), Perispoomeni (two horizontal lines), and Ypogegrammeni (a small upward pointing arrow) are used in the transcription of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Greek dialects to indicate specific phonetic and accentual features. This character is essential for linguists, historians, and researchers studying ancient or non-standard Greek texts and their pronunciation, as well as for those involved in typography and digital text encoding. By accurately representing these diacritics, U+1F87 contributes to the preservation of linguistic diversity and cultural heritage within the field of Unicode text representation.
How to type the ᾇ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8071 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.