Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+0AF7. 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+0AF7 to binary:
00001010 11110111. 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:
11100000 10101011 10110111
CHARACTER 0AF7·U+0AF7
Character Information
Code Point
U+0AF7
HEX
0AF7
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 AB B7 | 11100000 10101011 10110111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 0A F7 | 00001010 11110111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F7 0A | 11110111 00001010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 0A F7 | 00000000 00000000 00001010 11110111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F7 0A 00 00 | 11110111 00001010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
૷
URI Encoded
%E0%AB%B7
Description
The Unicode character U+0AF7 represents the "Presentation Format Character" (PFC) for right-to-left mark (RLM). This typographic symbol is primarily used in digital text to indicate that the following text should be displayed in a right-to-left orientation, typically in languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, or Persian. The use of RLM ensures proper rendering and layout of text for these languages in digital environments, which may otherwise interpret the text left-to-right. By placing the PFC before the text, it signifies to the software that the subsequent content should be rendered right-to-left. As a result, U+0AF7 plays an essential role in ensuring accurate and culturally appropriate rendering of text in digital platforms for languages with unique directional writing systems.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 2807 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.