Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ł has the Unicode code point U+0142. 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+0142 to binary:
00000001 01000010. 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:
11000101 10000010
LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE·U+0142
ł
Character Information
Code Point
U+0142
HEX
0142
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C5 82 | 11000101 10000010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 01 42 | 00000001 01000010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 42 01 | 01000010 00000001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 01 42 | 00000000 00000000 00000001 01000010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 42 01 00 00 | 01000010 00000001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ł
URI Encoded
%C5%82
Description
The Unicode character U+0142 represents the letter "L with stroke" (Llatin Capital Letter L With Stroke). This character is primarily used in digital text for typographic purposes, specifically within certain linguistic or cultural contexts where the standard Latin alphabet is insufficient to represent all sounds and phonemes. The presence of a stroke in this letter differentiates it from the regular "L" and denotes a distinct pronunciation or linguistic characteristic. While its usage may not be widespread, it remains an important symbol for accurate representation of certain languages, dialects, or technical alphabets.
How to type the ł symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0322 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.