Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character き has the Unicode code point U+304D. 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+304D to binary:
00110000 01001101. 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 10001101
HIRAGANA LETTER KI·U+304D
き
Character Information
Code Point
U+304D
HEX
304D
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 81 8D | 11100011 10000001 10001101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 30 4D | 00110000 01001101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 4D 30 | 01001101 00110000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 30 4D | 00000000 00000000 00110000 01001101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 4D 30 00 00 | 01001101 00110000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
き
URI Encoded
%E3%81%8D
Description
The Unicode character U+304D represents the Japanese Hiragana letter 'き' (KI), which is used extensively in modern digital text for written communication in the Japanese language. As a core component of the Hiragana script, this character plays an essential role in transcribing spoken Japanese and facilitating reading comprehension. The character's unique design is derived from its traditional usage in kanji compounds, making it easily identifiable within digital texts. Additionally, U+304D is included in the Unicode Standard, which ensures global accessibility and standardization for this character across various platforms and devices.
How to type the き symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12365 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.