Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㇽ has the Unicode code point U+31FD. 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+31FD to binary:
00110001 11111101. 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 10111101
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU·U+31FD
ㇽ
Character Information
Code Point
U+31FD
HEX
31FD
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 87 BD | 11100011 10000111 10111101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 31 FD | 00110001 11111101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | FD 31 | 11111101 00110001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 31 FD | 00000000 00000000 00110001 11111101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | FD 31 00 00 | 11111101 00110001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ㇽ
URI Encoded
%E3%87%BD
Description
The Unicode character U+31FD is known as the "KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU" and it plays a significant role in digital text, specifically within the Japanese language system. The Katakana script is one of three scripts used in the Japanese writing system, with the other two being Hiragana and Kanji. Each character in Katakana represents a syllable or consonant-vowel pair, which allows for a phonetic structure that makes it easier to read and write than Kanji. The Katakana script is primarily used for foreign words, onomatopoeia, technical terms, and names in the Japanese language. U+31FD, or the "KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU", contributes to the richness of the Japanese language by providing a specific phonetic representation for this particular sound.
How to type the ㇽ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12797 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.