MANDAIC GEMINATION MARK·U+085B

Character Information

Code Point
U+085B
HEX
085B
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A1 9B
11100000 10100001 10011011
UTF16 (big Endian)
08 5B
00001000 01011011
UTF16 (little Endian)
5B 08
01011011 00001000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 08 5B
00000000 00000000 00001000 01011011
UTF32 (little Endian)
5B 08 00 00
01011011 00001000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
࡛
URI Encoded
%E0%A1%9B

Description

The Unicode character U+085B, known as the Mandatic Gemination Mark, holds a significant position in digital text, specifically within Mandatic script. It is utilized to denote gemination, which is the doubling of consonants in word formation, contributing to the rich phonetic structure of the language. Although primarily used in Mandatic texts, this character may find occasional usage in other languages and scripts that employ similar gemination conventions. The Mandatic Gemination Mark plays a crucial role in preserving linguistic accuracy and cultural authenticity within digital texts, ensuring that written works remain true to their original form.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2139 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+085B. 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+085B to binary: 00001000 01011011. 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:
    11100000 10100001 10011011