Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ഄ has the Unicode code point U+0D04. 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+0D04 to binary:
00001101 00000100. 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 10000100
MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA·U+0D04
ഄ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0D04
HEX
0D04
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 B4 84 | 11100000 10110100 10000100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 0D 04 | 00001101 00000100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 04 0D | 00000100 00001101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 0D 04 | 00000000 00000000 00001101 00000100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 04 0D 00 00 | 00000100 00001101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ഄ
URI Encoded
%E0%B4%84
Description
U+0D04, the Malayalam Letter Vedic Anusvara, plays a crucial role in the Malayalam script, which is primarily used for writing the Malayalam language, spoken predominantly in the Indian state of Kerala and among Malayali communities across the globe. This character represents the phonetic sound /ɐn/, acting as an anusvara, a consonant modifier that denotes nasalization or voiced sound transformation in the pronunciation of the preceding consonant. It is used to provide additional information about the sound characteristics of certain letters in Malayalam text and is frequently employed in digital text for typographical accuracy and proper rendering. As a part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures interoperability and consistency across various platforms and devices when displaying or processing Malayalam text.
How to type the ഄ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 3332 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.