Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character א has the Unicode code point U+05D0. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0080to0x07ff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format:110xxxxx 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+05D0 to binary:
00000101 11010000. 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:
11010111 10010000
HEBREW LETTER ALEF·U+05D0
א
Character Information
Code Point
U+05D0
HEX
05D0
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | D7 90 | 11010111 10010000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 05 D0 | 00000101 11010000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | D0 05 | 11010000 00000101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 05 D0 | 00000000 00000000 00000101 11010000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | D0 05 00 00 | 11010000 00000101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
א
URI Encoded
%D7%90
Description
The Hebrew letter Alef, represented by the Unicode character U+05D0, holds significant cultural, linguistic, and technical importance in digital text. In the modern Hebrew language, Alef is the first letter of the alphabet and serves as a crucial building block for creating words. As an ancient Semitic letter originating from the Phoenician alphabet, it has been extensively used in various languages such as Aramaic, Old South Arabian, and Old Nabatean. The letter Alef has both consonantal and vowelized forms, with its standard form depicting a glottal stop sound /ʔ/. In digital text, Alef is encoded using the Unicode character U+05D0, which ensures compatibility across various platforms, enabling accurate communication of Hebrew content on computers, websites, and mobile devices. Its presence in digital text preserves linguistic heritage while supporting modern communication in the Hebrew language.
How to type the א symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 1488 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.