Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ὠ has the Unicode code point U+1F60. 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+1F60 to binary:
00011111 01100000. 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 10111101 10100000
GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH PSILI·U+1F60
ὠ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1F60
HEX
1F60
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 BD A0 | 11100001 10111101 10100000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1F 60 | 00011111 01100000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 60 1F | 01100000 00011111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1F 60 | 00000000 00000000 00011111 01100000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 60 1F 00 00 | 01100000 00011111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ὠ
URI Encoded
%E1%BD%A0
Description
The Unicode character U+1F60 is the "GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH PSILI" symbol. This character holds a significant role in digital text, particularly in fields related to linguistics and typography. In ancient Greek culture, the letter omega (Ω) has been used as an abbreviation for 'omega', the last letter of the Greek alphabet. The psili or diaeresis (῾), represented by U+0388 in Unicode, is a diacritical mark placed over certain vowels in both modern and historical Greek languages to indicate the pronunciation of the letter below it as an independent syllable. Thus, the character U+1F60 essentially signifies the pronunciation distinction for the omega, which is typically "OH" in English. In digital text, this combination provides clear guidance on how a word should be pronounced when written in Greek and is especially useful in linguistic studies, translation work, or any context where accurate Greek text representation is vital.
How to type the ὠ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8032 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.