Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᚈ has the Unicode code point U+1688. 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+1688 to binary:
00010110 10001000. 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:
11100001 10011010 10001000
OGHAM LETTER TINNE·U+1688
ᚈ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1688
HEX
1688
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 9A 88 | 11100001 10011010 10001000 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 16 88 | 00010110 10001000 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 88 16 | 10001000 00010110 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 16 88 | 00000000 00000000 00010110 10001000 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 88 16 00 00 | 10001000 00010110 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᚈ
URI Encoded
%E1%9A%88
Description
U+1688 is the Unicode code point for OGHAM LETTER TINNE, a character primarily used in digital text representation of the ancient Celtic script known as Ogham. The Ogham script was prevalent across the British Isles from approximately the 2nd century AD to the 16th century AD and served as an early writing system for the Irish, Welsh, and Breton languages. U+1688 represents the Ogham letter "Tinne" which corresponds phonetically to the consonant sound /t/. This character holds great significance in linguistic, cultural, and historical contexts, as it provides a window into the ancient past of Celtic cultures and their writing systems. The use of U+1688 in digital text is primarily for typography purposes, such as displaying texts in Ogham script or for educational and informational content about ancient scripts.
How to type the ᚈ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 5768 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.