Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ヸ has the Unicode code point U+30F8. 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+30F8 to binary:
00110000 11111000. 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 10000011 10111000
KATAKANA LETTER VI·U+30F8
ヸ
Character Information
Code Point
U+30F8
HEX
30F8
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E3 83 B8 | 11100011 10000011 10111000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 30 F8 | 00110000 11111000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | F8 30 | 11111000 00110000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 30 F8 | 00000000 00000000 00110000 11111000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | F8 30 00 00 | 11111000 00110000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ヸ
URI Encoded
%E3%83%B8
Description
U+30F8, or Katakana Letter Vi (ヴィ), is a character in the Unicode standard that represents a specific phoneme in the Japanese language. It primarily serves as a letter in the Katakana script, which is one of the three scripts used in modern Japanese writing alongside Hiragana and Kanji. Katakana is mainly employed for foreign loanwords, proper nouns, and onomatopoeia. This phonetic syllabary is composed of 48 basic characters that can be combined to form words. U+30F8 falls under the block of "CJK Unified Ideographs," a category containing characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, all of which have been unified under the same block for easy management in Unicode. The Katakana script is known for its angular and symmetrical shapes, and U+30F8 exhibits these characteristics as well. In digital text, U+30F8 plays an essential role in accurate and efficient representation of Japanese language content on various platforms and devices.
How to type the ヸ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 12536 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.