Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᱼ has the Unicode code point U+1C7C. 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+1C7C to binary:
00011100 01111100. 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 10110001 10111100
OL CHIKI PHAARKAA·U+1C7C
ᱼ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1C7C
HEX
1C7C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Modifier Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 B1 BC | 11100001 10110001 10111100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 1C 7C | 00011100 01111100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 7C 1C | 01111100 00011100 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 1C 7C | 00000000 00000000 00011100 01111100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 7C 1C 00 00 | 01111100 00011100 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᱼ
URI Encoded
%E1%B1%BC
Description
U+1C7C, or OL CHIKI PHAARKAA, is a character from the Ol Chiki script, which is primarily used for writing the Santali language spoken by the Santal people in the Indian states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar, as well as parts of Bangladesh. This character holds a significant role in preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the Santal community. Ol Chiki is an abugida script that consists of 29 consonants and 16 vowels, with each consonant having four inherent vowel sounds. U+1C7C specifically represents a consonant cluster in the Ol Chiki script. Although its usage may be limited in digital text due to the relatively small community of Santali speakers, efforts are being made to include Ol Chiki in software and devices to better support this indigenous language. This character's inclusion in Unicode, an encoding system that represents characters from all languages, helps maintain linguistic diversity and promotes multilingualism on a global scale.
How to type the ᱼ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 7292 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.