Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ȸ has the Unicode code point U+0238. 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+0238 to binary:
00000010 00111000. 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:
11001000 10111000
LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH·U+0238
ȸ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0238
HEX
0238
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Lowercase Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | C8 B8 | 11001000 10111000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 02 38 | 00000010 00111000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 38 02 | 00111000 00000010 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 02 38 | 00000000 00000000 00000010 00111000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 38 02 00 00 | 00111000 00000010 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ȸ
URI Encoded
%C8%B8
Description
The Unicode character U+0238 represents the "LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH" in digital text. This particular character is a diacritic, which means it serves to modify the base letter's sound or meaning by altering its pronunciation, accentuation, or appearance. In the case of the LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH, it is used to represent the Latin script as seen in the Gaulish language. Gaulish was a Celtic language spoken by the Gauls in ancient Gaul, which covered parts of modern-day France, Belgium, and Western Germany. The character's primary role in digital text is to preserve and convey the specific phonetic and linguistic features of this ancient language.
How to type the ȸ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 0568 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.