Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᛤ has the Unicode code point U+16E4. 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+16E4 to binary:
00010110 11100100. 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 10011011 10100100
RUNIC LETTER CEALC·U+16E4
ᛤ
Character Information
Code Point
U+16E4
HEX
16E4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 9B A4 | 11100001 10011011 10100100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 16 E4 | 00010110 11100100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | E4 16 | 11100100 00010110 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 16 E4 | 00000000 00000000 00010110 11100100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | E4 16 00 00 | 11100100 00010110 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᛤ
URI Encoded
%E1%9B%A4
Description
U+16E4 is the Unicode code point for RUNIC LETTER CEALC, a character in the Extended Latin-1 Supplement block of typographical symbols. In digital text, this character is used to represent the Old English letter "Cealc" (also known as "Thorn"), which was part of the original Futhorc runic alphabet. The Cealc symbol has a notable cultural and linguistic significance, as it was historically used in the Old English and Middle English languages for the consonantal sound /θ/. It has also been employed in various modern typefaces to maintain historical accuracy in the representation of ancient texts. As an obscure character outside of specialized contexts, its use in contemporary digital text is relatively limited, primarily confined to typography enthusiasts or scholars studying Old English and other related runic alphabets.
How to type the ᛤ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 5860 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.