NKO LETTER WA·U+07E5

ߥ

Character Information

Code Point
U+07E5
HEX
07E5
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
DF A5
11011111 10100101
UTF16 (big Endian)
07 E5
00000111 11100101
UTF16 (little Endian)
E5 07
11100101 00000111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 07 E5
00000000 00000000 00000111 11100101
UTF32 (little Endian)
E5 07 00 00
11100101 00000111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ߥ
URI Encoded
%DF%A5

Description

U+07E5, also known as NKO Letter WA, is a character from the N'Ko script used to represent the sounds of the N'Ko language. The N'Ko script was developed in the 1940s by Siyyid Muhammad Said Nzyabang Diallo for use in writing the N'Ko language, spoken primarily in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The digital text representation of U+07E5 is essential for accurate transcription and communication in these regions and among speakers of the N'Ko language worldwide. In its typical usage, this character serves as a phonetic symbol to represent a specific sound within the N'Ko language, contributing to the proper pronunciation and understanding of written texts. As an important component of the N'Ko script, U+07E5 plays a vital role in preserving and promoting the linguistic and cultural heritage of the N'Ko-speaking communities.

How to type the ߥ symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2021 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character ߥ has the Unicode code point U+07E5. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0080 to 0x07ff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format: 110xxxxx 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+07E5 to binary: 00000111 11100101. 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:
    11011111 10100101