Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+177A. 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+177A to binary:
00010111 01111010. 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 10011101 10111010
CHARACTER 177A·U+177A
Character Information
Code Point
U+177A
HEX
177A
Unicode Plane
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 9D BA | 11100001 10011101 10111010 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 17 7A | 00010111 01111010 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 7A 17 | 01111010 00010111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 17 7A | 00000000 00000000 00010111 01111010 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 7A 17 00 00 | 01111010 00010111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
᝺
URI Encoded
%E1%9D%BA
Description
The Unicode character U+177A, also known as "CHARACTER 177A," plays a significant role in digital typography, particularly within specialized fields and programming contexts. While it does not have any direct representation in standard text fonts, it serves as an important control character for certain text processing systems, especially those that require unique, non-printing characters to facilitate specific tasks. The primary purpose of CHARACTER 177A is to act as a delimiter, separating distinct sections of data or text within a file, stream, or system. This enables efficient parsing and manipulation of information in various applications. It should be noted that U+177A's usage is highly specialized and not widely recognized across all digital platforms.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 6010 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.