Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ㇲ has the Unicode code point U+31F2. 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+31F2 to binary:
00110001 11110010. 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 10110010
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SU·U+31F2
ㇲ
Character Information
Code Point
U+31F2
HEX
31F2
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 87 B2 | 11100011 10000111 10110010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 31 F2 | 00110001 11110010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F2 31 | 11110010 00110001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 31 F2 | 00000000 00000000 00110001 11110010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F2 31 00 00 | 11110010 00110001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ㇲ
URI Encoded
%E3%87%B2
Description
U+31F2 is a character from the Katakana script, a sub-system of the Japanese writing system, Hiragana and Katakana. In digital text, the Katakana script is commonly used for representing transcriptions of foreign words, onomatopoeic expressions, and proper nouns such as names, brands, or scientific terminology. The character U+31F2 specifically represents "small su" in Katakana, a variation of the larger "su" character (U+30FD). While its usage is relatively limited compared to other characters in the script, it plays an important role in accurately transcribing certain words and names within the Japanese language.
How to type the ㇲ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12786 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.