Character Information

Code Point
U+26BD
HEX
26BD
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 9A BD
11100010 10011010 10111101
UTF16 (big Endian)
26 BD
00100110 10111101
UTF16 (little Endian)
BD 26
10111101 00100110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 26 BD
00000000 00000000 00100110 10111101
UTF32 (little Endian)
BD 26 00 00
10111101 00100110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⚽
URI Encoded
%E2%9A%BD

Description

The Unicode character U+26BD is the "Soccer Ball" emoji, often used to represent the sport of soccer, also known as football in many parts of the world. This character is widely utilized in digital text communication platforms like social media, messaging apps, and forums, where users share their enthusiasm for the game or relate to its various events and competitions. The Soccer Ball emoji is particularly popular during major soccer tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, and other international and regional soccer matches. It has a cultural significance in the sports-loving communities and helps create a sense of camaraderie among fans. In terms of technical context, U+26BD is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block within Unicode, which includes various emojis, symbols, and other characters used for diverse purposes across digital platforms.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 9917 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+26BD. 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+26BD to binary: 00100110 10111101. 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 10011010 10111101