Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character അ has the Unicode code point U+0D05. 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+0D05 to binary:
00001101 00000101. 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:
11100000 10110100 10000101
MALAYALAM LETTER A·U+0D05
അ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0D05
HEX
0D05
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 B4 85 | 11100000 10110100 10000101 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 0D 05 | 00001101 00000101 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 05 0D | 00000101 00001101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 0D 05 | 00000000 00000000 00001101 00000101 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 05 0D 00 00 | 00000101 00001101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
അ
URI Encoded
%E0%B4%85
Description
The Unicode character U+0D05 represents the Malayalam letter 'A' (ആ) and plays a significant role in digital text representing the Malayalam script. This script, predominantly used for the Malayalam language, is one of 17 major languages that use the Unicode Standard to represent their alphabets digitally. The Malayalam script itself is an abugida system, meaning it uses a consonant-vowel structure in which vowels are represented by diacritics added to the base consonantal character. U+0D05 is part of this system and is used to denote the beginning of words or syllables when the Malayalam letter 'A' acts as a standalone character. Additionally, it has cultural significance in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka in India, where Malayalam is widely spoken and written.
How to type the അ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 3333 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.