MANDAIC LETTER AD·U+0843

Character Information

Code Point
U+0843
HEX
0843
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A1 83
11100000 10100001 10000011
UTF16 (big Endian)
08 43
00001000 01000011
UTF16 (little Endian)
43 08
01000011 00001000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 08 43
00000000 00000000 00001000 01000011
UTF32 (little Endian)
43 08 00 00
01000011 00001000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ࡃ
URI Encoded
%E0%A1%83

Description

The Unicode character U+0843 represents the "MANDAIC LETTER AD", which is a unique letter used in the ancient Mandaic script. This script was utilized for writing the Mandaic language, which originated from Mesopotamia and is historically significant as it served as a sacred language among Mandaeans, an adherent community of Gnostic dualist religion. In digital text, U+0843 enables accurate representation of historical texts, documents, and inscriptions that employ the Mandaic script. Its usage is primarily limited to academic, linguistic, or historical research contexts where preservation and understanding of ancient writings are paramount. As a result, this character plays an essential role in maintaining cultural heritage and knowledge about the long-lost Mandaic language.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2115 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+0843. 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+0843 to binary: 00001000 01000011. 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 10000011