KATAKANA LETTER SMALL NU·U+31F4

Character Information

Code Point
U+31F4
HEX
31F4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 87 B4
11100011 10000111 10110100
UTF16 (big Endian)
31 F4
00110001 11110100
UTF16 (little Endian)
F4 31
11110100 00110001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 31 F4
00000000 00000000 00110001 11110100
UTF32 (little Endian)
F4 31 00 00
11110100 00110001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ㇴ
URI Encoded
%E3%87%B4

Description

The Unicode character U+31F4 represents the Katakana letter "nu" (小r). It is part of the Japanese writing system and belongs to the extended range of Katakana characters, which are used for borrowed words from other languages and for various onomatopoeic expressions. The Katakana script is often employed in typography for its simplicity and modern appearance, providing a stark contrast to the traditional Kanji and Hiragana scripts. As with all Unicode characters, U+31F4 serves an essential role in digital text by accurately representing specific phonetic or ideographic values, enabling seamless communication across various devices and platforms.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12788 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+31F4. 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+31F4 to binary: 00110001 11110100. 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 10000111 10110100