Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ࡔ has the Unicode code point U+0854. 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+0854 to binary:
00001000 01010100. 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 10100001 10010100
MANDAIC LETTER ASH·U+0854
ࡔ
Character Information
Code Point
U+0854
HEX
0854
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 A1 94 | 11100000 10100001 10010100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 08 54 | 00001000 01010100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 54 08 | 01010100 00001000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 08 54 | 00000000 00000000 00001000 01010100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 54 08 00 00 | 01010100 00001000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ࡔ
URI Encoded
%E0%A1%94
Description
The Unicode character U+0854 represents the "Mandaic Letter Ash" (𐦄), which is a letter from the Mandaic script. This script was primarily used to write Mandaean religious texts, such as the sacred book of the Mandaeans known as the Ginza Rabba. In digital text, this character serves its traditional role in representing the phonetic value 'a' or 'ə'. It is part of the ancient Aramaic family of scripts, which includes other scripts like Hebrew, Palmyrene, and Syriac. The Mandaic script has a unique cultural significance as it was used for religious and literary purposes by Mandaeans, an ethnic group that adheres to the Mandaean religion, which is considered one of the oldest living Gnostic religions.
How to type the ࡔ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 2132 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.