Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character Ḡ has the Unicode code point U+1E20. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format:1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 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+1E20 to binary:
00011110 00100000. 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:
11100001 10111000 10100000
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH MACRON·U+1E20
Ḡ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1E20
HEX
1E20
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Uppercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 B8 A0 | 11100001 10111000 10100000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1E 20 | 00011110 00100000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 20 1E | 00100000 00011110 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1E 20 | 00000000 00000000 00011110 00100000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 20 1E 00 00 | 00100000 00011110 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
Ḡ
URI Encoded
%E1%B8%A0
Description
The Unicode character U+1E20, Latin Capital Letter G with Macron (Ġ), is a typographic variant of the letter "G" in which a horizontal line, known as a macron, runs through its center. This character plays an essential role in digital text, particularly in linguistic contexts that require diacritical marks to represent distinct phonetic or orthographic features. U+1E20 is commonly used in the Maltese language, where it represents the consonant /ɖ/ as in "ġieżu," meaning "hail" or "greeting." In typography and digital text, this character is typically represented with a macron, which can be added using various formatting tools to create an accurate representation of Maltese text.
How to type the Ḡ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 7712 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.