IDEOGRAPHIC ANNOTATION LINKING MARK·U+3190

Character Information

Code Point
U+3190
HEX
3190
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 86 90
11100011 10000110 10010000
UTF16 (big Endian)
31 90
00110001 10010000
UTF16 (little Endian)
90 31
10010000 00110001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 31 90
00000000 00000000 00110001 10010000
UTF32 (little Endian)
90 31 00 00
10010000 00110001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
㆐
URI Encoded
%E3%86%90

Description

The Unicode character U+3190, known as the IDEOGRAPHIC ANNOTATION LINKING MARK, plays a significant role in digital text, particularly in East Asian typography. This character acts as a punctuation mark used to connect different parts of a text or link multiple characters together. It is commonly found in traditional Chinese texts and can be utilized for various purposes such as indicating relationships between phrases or words, annotating references, or even signifying pauses within a sentence. The IDEOGRAPHIC ANNOTATION LINKING MARK has no direct equivalent in the Latin script, but it is crucial for maintaining accuracy and readability in texts where its usage is required. Its presence helps to ensure proper interpretation of the text and maintain cultural and linguistic integrity across digital platforms.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12688 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+3190. 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+3190 to binary: 00110001 10010000. 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 10000110 10010000