Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character Î has the Unicode code point U+00CE. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0080to0x07ff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format:110xxxxx 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+00CE to binary:
11001110. 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:
11000011 10001110
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX·U+00CE
Î
Character Information
Code Point
U+00CE
HEX
00CE
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Uppercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C3 8E | 11000011 10001110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 CE | 00000000 11001110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | CE 00 | 11001110 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 CE | 00000000 00000000 00000000 11001110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | CE 00 00 00 | 11001110 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
Î
URI Encoded
%C3%8E
Description
The Unicode character U+00CE, also known as Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX), is a significant diacritic in digital text, serving a variety of linguistic and typographical purposes. Primarily used to denote specific pronunciations or grammatical functions, this character appears frequently in languages such as French, Romanian, and Vietnamese. In French, the character represents the nasalized vowel sound [ɛ̃], while in Romanian it indicates a short /ɨ/ vowel. In Vietnamese contexts, U+00CE can be employed for transcribing foreign proper nouns or words from other languages. The versatility of this character extends to the transliteration and transcription of words from these languages into Latin script. In terms of its technical details, U+00CE belongs to the General Category Lu (Letter) and Bidi Class L (Left-to-Right). Its decompositionTypeAndMapping is 0049 0302, reflecting the combination of a 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I' (0049) and a 'COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT' (0302). This character can be found within the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block, which includes 256 characters essential for proper formatting and presentation of written content. Overall, U+00CE is an indispensable tool for ensuring linguistic accuracy in digital communication across various cultures and languages.
How to type the Î symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0206 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.