LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH DIAERESIS·U+1E85

Character Information

Code Point
U+1E85
HEX
1E85
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 BA 85
11100001 10111010 10000101
UTF16 (big Endian)
1E 85
00011110 10000101
UTF16 (little Endian)
85 1E
10000101 00011110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 1E 85
00000000 00000000 00011110 10000101
UTF32 (little Endian)
85 1E 00 00
10000101 00011110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ẅ
URI Encoded
%E1%BA%85

Description

The Unicode character U+1E85 represents the "LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH DIAERESIS" in typography. This character is primarily used in digital text to represent a modified form of the lowercase letter 'w', where it bears a diaeresis (or umlaut) mark above its base character. The diaeresis is typically represented by two small dots, one above each half of the letter 'w'. This specific diacritical mark has cultural and linguistic significance in certain languages, such as Swiss German dialects, where it indicates a distinct sound or pronunciation for the letter. It is essential to note that the usage of U+1E85 depends on the specific digital text encoding system being used; however, its primary role remains consistent across various systems. The accurate and precise use of this character contributes significantly to the clarity and intelligibility of text in the contexts where it is required. In summation, U+1E85 plays a vital role in digital typography by enabling the representation of unique phonetic distinctions in specific linguistic contexts, ensuring proper communication and understanding across different cultures and languages.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 7813 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+1E85. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    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 the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+1E85 to binary: 00011110 10000101. Those are the payload bits.

  3. 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 10111010 10000101