Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ŵ has the Unicode code point U+0175. 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+0175 to binary:
00000001 01110101. 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 10110101
LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH CIRCUMFLEX·U+0175
ŵ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0175
HEX
0175
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C5 B5 | 11000101 10110101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 01 75 | 00000001 01110101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 75 01 | 01110101 00000001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 01 75 | 00000000 00000000 00000001 01110101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 75 01 00 00 | 01110101 00000001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ŵ
URI Encoded
%C5%B5
Description
U+0175 is a specific Unicode character known as the "LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH CIRCUMFLEX". In digital text, it serves its typical role by representing the lowercase version of the Latin alphabet's letter "W" with a circumflex accent. This accent symbol is often used in several Romance languages for certain phonetic distinctions and to indicate nasalization. The circumflex accent here is positioned over the letter "W", transforming it into a distinctive character that may be used in transcription, transliteration or specific linguistic contexts where such a distinction is necessary. This can help maintain linguistic accuracy and avoid misunderstanding in digital communication across various languages. Therefore, U+0175 plays an important role in typography and digital text by offering a precise representation of the letter "W" with a circumflex accent for specific phonetic or linguistic needs.
How to type the ŵ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0373 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.