Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㇶ has the Unicode code point U+31F6. 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+31F6 to binary:
00110001 11110110. 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 10000111 10110110
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HI·U+31F6
ㇶ
Character Information
Code Point
U+31F6
HEX
31F6
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 87 B6 | 11100011 10000111 10110110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 31 F6 | 00110001 11110110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F6 31 | 11110110 00110001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 31 F6 | 00000000 00000000 00110001 11110110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F6 31 00 00 | 11110110 00110001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ㇶ
URI Encoded
%E3%87%B6
Description
U+31F6, known as the Katakana Letter Small Hi (小ひ), is a character in the Unicode standard used primarily in digital text for Japanese typography. The Katakana script is one of three scripts used in the modern Japanese writing system, with Hiragana and Kanji being the other two. The Katakana script is typically used for transcriptions of foreign words or names, as well as to convey onomatopoeic sounds and certain grammatical functions. U+31F6, Katakana Letter Small Hi, is a variant form of the regular-sized Katakana Hi (ヒ) character that has been reduced in size, allowing for more compact text or design work within limited spaces. Despite its smaller size, it retains its original function and role within the Japanese language, representing the voiceless glottal fricative /h/. This makes U+31F6 a valuable typographical tool for accurately conveying phonetic information in digital texts where space is at a premium or where a more subtle, smaller character size is desired.
How to type the ㇶ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12790 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.