MYANMAR CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL YA·U+103B

Character Information

Code Point
U+103B
HEX
103B
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Spacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 80 BB
11100001 10000000 10111011
UTF16 (big Endian)
10 3B
00010000 00111011
UTF16 (little Endian)
3B 10
00111011 00010000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 10 3B
00000000 00000000 00010000 00111011
UTF32 (little Endian)
3B 10 00 00
00111011 00010000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ျ
URI Encoded
%E1%80%BB

Description

The Unicode character U+103B, known as MYANMAR CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL YA, is a crucial element in the Myanmar language's script. In digital text, it serves a vital role by representing a unique consonant sound within words and phrases in Myanmar, which is a widely spoken language across Southeast Asia, particularly in Myanmar and its neighboring countries. The character itself belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts and carries linguistic significance as part of the Myanmar script that consists of 33 consonants and 14 vowels. The MYANMAR CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL YA contributes to the rich cultural heritage and identity of the Myanmar people, who have a strong oral tradition and rely heavily on their script for written communication. Furthermore, its precise positioning in text is critical, as it helps to distinguish between different syllables and phonetic structures within words.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 4155 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+103B. 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+103B to binary: 00010000 00111011. 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:
    11100001 10000000 10111011