Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ῤ has the Unicode code point U+1FE4. 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+1FE4 to binary:
00011111 11100100. 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 10100100
GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO WITH PSILI·U+1FE4
ῤ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1FE4
HEX
1FE4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 BF A4 | 11100001 10111111 10100100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1F E4 | 00011111 11100100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | E4 1F | 11100100 00011111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1F E4 | 00000000 00000000 00011111 11100100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | E4 1F 00 00 | 11100100 00011111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ῤ
URI Encoded
%E1%BF%A4
Description
The Unicode character U+1FE4 represents the Greek letter Rho with Psiloi (GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO WITH PSILI). This character is used in digital text, particularly within the field of typography and linguistics, to represent a modified version of the Greek lowercase letter Rho. In its standard form, Rho appears as ρ, while its Psiloi form is denoted by ḣ; U+1FE4 corresponds to this latter representation. The Rho with Psiloi is not commonly used in everyday language but has significance in historical texts and scholarly works related to Ancient Greek. In Ancient Greek orthography, the Psilos (psili) was a diacritic used to mark the pronunciation of certain words or indicate a change in form or function, such as when a vowel or consonant followed a letter with the Psilos. This character is essential for accurate transcription and translation of texts from that period. In modern usage, U+1FE4 allows for more precise representation of ancient scripts, facilitating linguistic research and historical studies in fields like Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology.
How to type the ῤ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8164 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.