Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character º has the Unicode code point U+00BA. 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+00BA to binary:
10111010. 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:
11000010 10111010
MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR·U+00BA
º
Character Information
Code Point
U+00BA
HEX
00BA
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C2 BA | 11000010 10111010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 00 BA | 00000000 10111010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | BA 00 | 10111010 00000000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 00 BA | 00000000 00000000 00000000 10111010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | BA 00 00 00 | 10111010 00000000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
º
URI Encoded
%C2%BA
Description
The Unicode character U+00BA, known as the MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR (masculine-ordinal-indicator-u-00ba), plays a crucial role in digital text by denoting the ordinal position in a sequence when referring to males or male entities. This character is particularly significant in linguistic and cultural contexts where gender differentiation is essential, such as sports rankings, achievements, and academic lists. Its use ensures clarity and accurate representation in competitive fields like academia, sports, and professional accomplishments. The Unicode standard maintains consistency across various digital platforms, facilitating seamless communication without confusion over the gender-specific ordinal position. This character belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block (Unicode category: 678, name: Latin-1 Supplement), a versatile collection of characters ranging from 128 to 255 that serve various text formatting and typography purposes. The basic multilingual plane (plane number: 0) hosts this Unicode range, which includes essential symbols like pilcrows (◊) and en dashes (–), enhancing the readability and overall appearance of text documents across multiple applications.
How to type the º symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0186 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.