Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ŝ has the Unicode code point U+015D. 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+015D to binary:
00000001 01011101. 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 10011101
LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX·U+015D
ŝ
Character Information
Code Point
U+015D
HEX
015D
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C5 9D | 11000101 10011101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 01 5D | 00000001 01011101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 5D 01 | 01011101 00000001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 01 5D | 00000000 00000000 00000001 01011101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 5D 01 00 00 | 01011101 00000001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ŝ
URI Encoded
%C5%9D
Description
The character U+015D, LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX, is a specific diacritical mark commonly used in typography and digital text to represent the letter 's' with an acute accent or circumflex. This symbol often appears in various Latin-script languages, including French, Romanian, and Portuguese, as well as some other regional dialects and alphabets. Its primary role is to modify the pronunciation, tone, or meaning of the preceding letter in specific linguistic contexts. In French, for example, the circumflex above the letter 's' indicates a historical change in pronunciation from 'ss' to the modern 'ç.' In Portuguese, it denotes the sound 's' at the beginning of a word or after some consonants. In Romanian, the LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX represents the 'ș' sound, which is unique and does not exist in other Latin-script languages. The character U+015D is encoded in various digital text standards such as Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646, ensuring its accurate representation across different platforms and applications. This allows for consistent usage and understanding of the letter with a circumflex across diverse digital environments, facilitating seamless communication and collaboration among speakers of languages that utilize this diacritical mark.
How to type the ŝ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0349 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.