Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ℣ has the Unicode code point U+2123. 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+2123 to binary:
00100001 00100011. 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:
11100010 10000100 10100011
VERSICLE·U+2123
℣
Character Information
Code Point
U+2123
HEX
2123
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 84 A3 | 11100010 10000100 10100011 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 21 23 | 00100001 00100011 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 23 21 | 00100011 00100001 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 21 23 | 00000000 00000000 00100001 00100011 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 23 21 00 00 | 00100011 00100001 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
℣
URI Encoded
%E2%84%A3
Description
The Unicode character U+2123 is the VERSICLE. Typically used in digital text, this symbol plays a significant role in representing the mathematical concept of versicles. In typography, it is often employed within religious texts to denote specific prayers or passages, such as those found in the Christian liturgy. As part of Unicode, which is an encoding standard that supports more than 100,000 characters from many different languages and scripts, U+2123 allows for a diverse range of text representation across various cultures and contexts. It is important to note that its usage is largely technical, serving as a versatile symbol for use in programming languages, mathematical equations, or any other digital text where the specific meaning of the VERSICLE symbol would be understood by those reading the content.
How to type the ℣ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 8483 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.