HANGUL LETTER SIOS-TIKEUT·U+317C

Character Information

Code Point
U+317C
HEX
317C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 85 BC
11100011 10000101 10111100
UTF16 (big Endian)
31 7C
00110001 01111100
UTF16 (little Endian)
7C 31
01111100 00110001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 31 7C
00000000 00000000 00110001 01111100
UTF32 (little Endian)
7C 31 00 00
01111100 00110001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ㅼ
URI Encoded
%E3%85%BC

Description

The Unicode character U+317C, known as HANGUL LETTER SIOS-TIKEUT, plays a significant role in the Korean language. In digital text, it represents one of the 24 consonants that form the basis of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. The Korean script is an innovative and efficient writing system that has been widely used since the 15th century. U+317C specifically refers to the "sios" sound in Korean, which is a voiceless alveolar fricative. The character holds cultural importance as it contributes to the development of the Korean language, which is the mother tongue for over 78 million people and spoken by millions more around the world. In linguistic and technical contexts, U+317C is essential for accurate representation of written Korean across various digital platforms, ensuring proper communication and understanding among speakers of the language.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12668 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+317C. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    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 the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+317C to binary: 00110001 01111100. Those are the payload bits.

  3. 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:
    11100011 10000101 10111100