TELUGU VOWEL SIGN I·U+0C3F

ి

Character Information

Code Point
U+0C3F
HEX
0C3F
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 B0 BF
11100000 10110000 10111111
UTF16 (big Endian)
0C 3F
00001100 00111111
UTF16 (little Endian)
3F 0C
00111111 00001100
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 0C 3F
00000000 00000000 00001100 00111111
UTF32 (little Endian)
3F 0C 00 00
00111111 00001100 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ి
URI Encoded
%E0%B0%BF

Description

U+0C3F, the Telugu Vowel Sign I (ఐ), is a fundamental character in the Telugu script, which is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This character plays a crucial role in digital text by representing the 'ai' sound in the Telugu alphabet, thus facilitating accurate representation and communication in the language. The Telugu script has a unique combination of consonants and vowels, where vowel signs are attached above or below the consonant characters to form complete syllables. U+0C3F is often combined with other characters in text to represent various words and phrases in the rich and diverse Telugu language. The character U+0C3F holds great significance in preserving and promoting Telugu's linguistic identity, cultural heritage, and literary works in digital formats.

How to type the ి symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 3135 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+0C3F. 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+0C3F to binary: 00001100 00111111. 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 10110000 10111111