Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ⼪ has the Unicode code point U+2F2A. 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+2F2A to binary:
00101111 00101010. 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:
11100010 10111100 10101010
KANGXI RADICAL LAME·U+2F2A
⼪
Character Information
Code Point
U+2F2A
HEX
2F2A
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 BC AA | 11100010 10111100 10101010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 2F 2A | 00101111 00101010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 2A 2F | 00101010 00101111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 2F 2A | 00000000 00000000 00101111 00101010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 2A 2F 00 00 | 00101010 00101111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
⼪
URI Encoded
%E2%BC%AA
Description
U+2F2A is a character from the Unicode standard, specifically representing the Kangxi Radical Lame (亥). In digital text, this radical serves as an essential component in constructing Chinese characters. It is one of the 561 Kangxi radicals used for classifying and organizing Chinese characters based on their semantic and phonetic structures. The Kangxi Dictionary, compiled by the Qing Dynasty scholar Lei Dexiu, contains a list of these radicals and is considered a foundational resource in the field of Chinese lexicography. Despite its significance in Chinese orthography and etymology, U+2F2A is not commonly used outside of Chinese-specific digital text contexts due to the character set's unique role in the Chinese language system.
How to type the ⼪ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12074 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.