HANGUL LETTER WI·U+315F

Character Information

Code Point
U+315F
HEX
315F
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 85 9F
11100011 10000101 10011111
UTF16 (big Endian)
31 5F
00110001 01011111
UTF16 (little Endian)
5F 31
01011111 00110001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 31 5F
00000000 00000000 00110001 01011111
UTF32 (little Endian)
5F 31 00 00
01011111 00110001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ㅟ
URI Encoded
%E3%85%9F

Description

The Unicode character U+315F represents the Hangul letter 'WI' (위). In the digital text world, it is used to encode this specific Korean script in various software applications and systems that support Unicode encoding. As part of the Hangul writing system, which was developed during the 15th century under the reign of King Sejong the Great of Joseon Dynasty, 'WI' plays a significant role in the Korean language. The character is part of the Joongsil group of letters, which are used to form syllables and convey meaning. As a result, U+315F contributes to the accurate representation and transmission of the Korean language in digital text, facilitating communication and information exchange across borders.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12639 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+315F. 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+315F to binary: 00110001 01011111. 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 10011111