Character Information

Code Point
U+2A3C
HEX
2A3C
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 A8 BC
11100010 10101000 10111100
UTF16 (big Endian)
2A 3C
00101010 00111100
UTF16 (little Endian)
3C 2A
00111100 00101010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2A 3C
00000000 00000000 00101010 00111100
UTF32 (little Endian)
3C 2A 00 00
00111100 00101010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⨼
URI Encoded
%E2%A8%BC

Description

The Unicode character U+2A3C, known as the "INTERIOR PRODUCT" symbol, plays a significant role in mathematical notation and digital text representation. It is primarily used to denote an interior product of two elements within the field of algebra and topology. This specific character is indispensable for mathematicians and researchers, allowing them to accurately convey complex concepts that involve the interaction of different sets or groups. The INTERIOR PRODUCT symbol, while not culturally or linguistically significant in a traditional sense, has technical importance within specialized fields of study, enhancing clarity and precision in mathematical expressions and equations.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10812 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+2A3C. 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+2A3C to binary: 00101010 00111100. 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:
    11100010 10101000 10111100