SYRIAC LETTER MALAYALAM NNA·U+0864

Character Information

Code Point
U+0864
HEX
0864
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A1 A4
11100000 10100001 10100100
UTF16 (big Endian)
08 64
00001000 01100100
UTF16 (little Endian)
64 08
01100100 00001000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 08 64
00000000 00000000 00001000 01100100
UTF32 (little Endian)
64 08 00 00
01100100 00001000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ࡤ
URI Encoded
%E0%A1%A4

Description

U+0864 is a typographical character that represents the Syriac letter Malayalam NNA in Unicode encoding. In digital texts, this character serves as a unique identifier for the specific combination of the Syriac script with the Malayalam script. The Syriac script is an ancient writing system primarily used for the Aramaic language, while the Malayalam script is a modern writing system predominantly employed for the Malayalam language, spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and among Malayali diaspora communities worldwide. Combining these two scripts is relatively uncommon due to their distinct linguistic and cultural contexts, but the unique U+0864 character ensures accurate representation and differentiation in digital text.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2148 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+0864. 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+0864 to binary: 00001000 01100100. 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:
    11100000 10100001 10100100