Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character が has the Unicode code point U+304C. 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+304C to binary:
00110000 01001100. 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:
11100011 10000001 10001100
HIRAGANA LETTER GA·U+304C
が
Character Information
Code Point
U+304C
HEX
304C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 81 8C | 11100011 10000001 10001100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 30 4C | 00110000 01001100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 4C 30 | 01001100 00110000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 30 4C | 00000000 00000000 00110000 01001100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 4C 30 00 00 | 01001100 00110000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
が
URI Encoded
%E3%81%8C
Description
The character U+304C, known as Hiragana Letter GA, plays a significant role in the Japanese writing system. It is a constituent of the Hiragana script, which forms an essential part of the Japanese language along with the Kanji and Katakana scripts. In digital text, it serves as a fundamental building block for forming words and phrases by combining with other Hiragana characters or Kanji characters. The character GA holds immense cultural, linguistic, and technical importance in Japan due to its role in shaping the structure of the Japanese language. It aids in representing Japanese sounds more accurately than Romanized versions of words would allow. U+304C also contributes to the accurate representation of dialects and variations in the spoken Japanese language across different regions and social groups.
How to type the が symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12364 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.