Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character å has the Unicode code point U+00E5. 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+00E5 to binary:
11100101. 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 10100101
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE·U+00E5
å
Character Information
Code Point
U+00E5
HEX
00E5
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C3 A5 | 11000011 10100101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 E5 | 00000000 11100101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | E5 00 | 11100101 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 E5 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 11100101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | E5 00 00 00 | 11100101 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
å
URI Encoded
%C3%A5
Description
The character U+00E5, also known as "LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE," is a significant element of the Unicode standard. In digital text, this character is commonly utilized to transcribe certain words and names from languages like Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and others that use diacritical marks. For example, it appears in the word "Åker" in Swedish, which means "field" or "meadow." The accurate representation of this character is essential for maintaining linguistic accuracy and readability in texts where these accented characters are typically found. This character belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block (U+0080–U+00FF), a versatile collection of 256 characters serving various text formatting and typography purposes. This range of characters includes symbols like pilcrows, en dashes, and others, which are crucial for proper formatting and presentation of written content. The Latin-1 Supplement block extends the basic Latin character set to accommodate additional symbols, thereby enhancing the readability and overall appearance of text documents. U+00E5 is part of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP), which contains most common characters used in writing systems around the world. The accurate representation of this character, along with others from the BMP, is essential for global communication and the preservation of linguistic diversity in digital text.
How to type the å symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0229 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.