Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ῶ has the Unicode code point U+1FF6. 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+1FF6 to binary:
00011111 11110110. 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 10111111 10110110
GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH PERISPOMENI·U+1FF6
ῶ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1FF6
HEX
1FF6
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 BF B6 | 11100001 10111111 10110110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1F F6 | 00011111 11110110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F6 1F | 11110110 00011111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1F F6 | 00000000 00000000 00011111 11110110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F6 1F 00 00 | 11110110 00011111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ῶ
URI Encoded
%E1%BF%B6
Description
The Unicode character U+1FF6 is known as the Greek Small Letter Omega with Perispomeni. It serves a significant role in digital text systems that utilize the Greek alphabet, such as ancient history texts, linguistics, or mathematical symbols. In the context of language and culture, this specific symbol represents an older form of the Greek letter 'omega' used in ancient texts and is not commonly found in modern Greek writing. The perispomeni variant is a cursive style of writing omega, which appears to be written as if it is shaken or trembling, hence the name "perispomeni" derived from the Greek word "perispomene", meaning trembling. This character provides accuracy in digital representation for texts that require the use of historical or ancient Greek scripts.
How to type the ῶ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8182 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.