Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character à has the Unicode code point U+00E0. 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+00E0 to binary:
11100000. 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 10100000
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE·U+00E0
à
Character Information
Code Point
U+00E0
HEX
00E0
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C3 A0 | 11000011 10100000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 E0 | 00000000 11100000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | E0 00 | 11100000 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 E0 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 11100000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | E0 00 00 00 | 11100000 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
à
URI Encoded
%C3%A0
Description
The character U+00E0, also known as LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE, plays a significant role in digital text applications, particularly within the French language and other Romance languages like Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. This character represents the lowercase French 'a' with an acute accent (`), which provides a distinct pronunciation and meaning in certain words. The grave accent (`) above the letter 'a' signifies a nasalized vowel sound or a longer vowel sound. In linguistic contexts, U+00E0 is often employed to differentiate between homophonic words, where it can alter the meaning of a word significantly. For example, in French, "un" (U+0069) with the grave accent becomes "ûn" (U+00E0), which sounds like "oon" and has a different meaning than the regular 'un', which sounds like "uhn". This character is part of the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block, which extends the basic Latin character set to accommodate additional symbols essential for proper formatting and presentation of written content. The Latin-1 Supplement block was designed to enhance readability and overall appearance of text documents across a wide range of applications, from professional documents to creative writing, ensuring clear communication and an aesthetically pleasing visual experience for readers.
How to type the à symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0224 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.