N-ARY CIRCLED PLUS OPERATOR·U+2A01

Character Information

Code Point
U+2A01
HEX
2A01
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 A8 81
11100010 10101000 10000001
UTF16 (big Endian)
2A 01
00101010 00000001
UTF16 (little Endian)
01 2A
00000001 00101010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2A 01
00000000 00000000 00101010 00000001
UTF32 (little Endian)
01 2A 00 00
00000001 00101010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⨁
URI Encoded
%E2%A8%81

Description

The Unicode character U+2A01, known as the N-ARY CIRCLED PLUS OPERATOR, holds a significant position in digital typography. This symbol is commonly used to represent an operation involving multiple elements or variables where each element contributes an equal amount towards the result. It is typically employed in mathematical equations and formulas that involve addition across several entities. The character has not been heavily integrated into cultural contexts and does not possess linguistic relevance beyond its role as a mathematic operator. Its primary purpose remains technical, providing a clear way to illustrate complex summations and operations in digital text.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10753 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+2A01. 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+2A01 to binary: 00101010 00000001. 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 10000001