Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character む has the Unicode code point U+3080. 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+3080 to binary:
00110000 10000000. 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 10000010 10000000
HIRAGANA LETTER MU·U+3080
む
Character Information
Code Point
U+3080
HEX
3080
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 82 80 | 11100011 10000010 10000000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 30 80 | 00110000 10000000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 80 30 | 10000000 00110000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 30 80 | 00000000 00000000 00110000 10000000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 80 30 00 00 | 10000000 00110000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
む
URI Encoded
%E3%82%80
Description
The Unicode character U+3080 is known as the "HIRAGANA LETTER MU" and it plays a significant role in digital text communication in Japanese language. It belongs to the Hiragana script, which is one of the three scripts used in modern written Japanese, the others being Kanji (borrowed from Chinese) and Katakana (for foreign loanwords). Hiragana consists of 46 basic characters and 20 hiraganization of Kanji, and Mu (ム) is one of these characters. In Hiragana, each character represents a syllable rather than a single consonant-vowel pair as in the Latin alphabet. The Mu (ム) character specifically represents the /mu/ sound when read on its own or the /muː/ sound when part of a long vowel sequence. While primarily used for phonetic purposes, the Hiragana script also serves to indicate grammatical functions and can be combined with Kanji characters to provide context or modify their meanings. This character is critical in the Japanese language for accurate representation of speech sounds, and thus plays an essential role in digital communication across various platforms where languages using the Japanese writing system are used.
How to type the む symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12416 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.