Character Information

Code Point
U+27CE
HEX
27CE
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 9F 8E
11100010 10011111 10001110
UTF16 (big Endian)
27 CE
00100111 11001110
UTF16 (little Endian)
CE 27
11001110 00100111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 27 CE
00000000 00000000 00100111 11001110
UTF32 (little Endian)
CE 27 00 00
11001110 00100111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⟎
URI Encoded
%E2%9F%8E

Description

The Unicode character U+27CE represents the "SQUARED LOGICAL AND" symbol (⊧). In digital text, this glyph is primarily utilized to signify a logical conjunction operation, specifically the truth-functional operation of logical AND when applied within a square. Its usage in computer science, engineering, and mathematical contexts provides clarity and precision in expressing complex relationships between logical variables or propositions. While not widely used in everyday language, it remains an important tool for professionals working in disciplines that rely on formal logic or computational operations.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10190 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+27CE. 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+27CE to binary: 00100111 11001110. 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:
    11100010 10011111 10001110