Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ގ has the Unicode code point U+078E. 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+078E to binary:
00000111 10001110. 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 10001110
THAANA LETTER GAAFU·U+078E
ގ
Character Information
Code Point
U+078E
HEX
078E
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | DE 8E | 11011110 10001110 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 07 8E | 00000111 10001110 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 8E 07 | 10001110 00000111 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 07 8E | 00000000 00000000 00000111 10001110 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 8E 07 00 00 | 10001110 00000111 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ގ
URI Encoded
%DE%8E
Description
U+078E is a unique character in the Unicode standard representing the Thaana letter "Gaaful". Thaana, also known as Dhivehi Akuru, is an abugida script primarily used for writing the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. The Dhivehi script is notable for its efficient and phonetic nature, which allows it to be written and read quickly. The letter "Gaaful" is one of 25 consonants in the Thaana script, and like other consonants, it typically combines with vowel diacritics to form syllables. Thaana is a part of the Indic script family, which includes scripts used for various languages such as Devanagari (Hindi), Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Bengali, and others. Despite being less known globally, Thaana plays an essential role in preserving the Maldivian culture and heritage.
How to type the ގ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 1934 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.