Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+07BC. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0080to0x07ff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format:110xxxxx 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+07BC to binary:
00000111 10111100. 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:
11011110 10111100
CHARACTER 07BC·U+07BC
Character Information
Code Point
U+07BC
HEX
07BC
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | DE BC | 11011110 10111100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 07 BC | 00000111 10111100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | BC 07 | 10111100 00000111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 07 BC | 00000000 00000000 00000111 10111100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | BC 07 00 00 | 10111100 00000111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
޼
URI Encoded
%DE%BC
Description
U+07BC, also known as the character "‗", is a prime example of an apostrophe. It has significant roles in various languages, such as English, Irish, and French, where it typically denotes the omission of one or more letters. In English, it's commonly used to show possession or indicate the use of the contraction for "it is" or "they are". For instance, "John's book", "it's raining", or "they're coming". This character also serves as a single quotation mark in languages like French and Irish. The apostrophe, despite its seemingly simple appearance, represents a complex linguistic function, playing an essential role in written communication across many language systems.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 1980 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.