THAANA LETTER HAA·U+0780

ހ

Character Information

Code Point
U+0780
HEX
0780
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
DE 80
11011110 10000000
UTF16 (big Endian)
07 80
00000111 10000000
UTF16 (little Endian)
80 07
10000000 00000111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 07 80
00000000 00000000 00000111 10000000
UTF32 (little Endian)
80 07 00 00
10000000 00000111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ހ
URI Encoded
%DE%80

Description

The Unicode character U+0780, THAANA LETTER HAA, is a vital symbol within the Thaana script, which is predominantly used for writing the Dhivehi language, the official language of the Maldives. This character plays a significant role in digital text as it is one of the 26 basic letters that constitute the Thaana alphabet. Thaana, also known as Thibet or Dhevi, is an abugida script consisting of 31 letters and 17 diacritics, making it unique in its structure. The U+0780 character has both cultural and linguistic importance, as it contributes to the rich heritage of the Maldivian people and their written communication. Thaana is not only employed for literary works but also used in official documentation, education, and daily communication across the Maldives. In technical terms, THAANA LETTER HAA is part of the ISO 10646 standard, which is the universal character encoding system based on Unicode, ensuring its compatibility across various platforms and devices.

How to type the ހ symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 1920 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character ހ has the Unicode code point U+0780. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0080 to 0x07ff.

    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 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+0780 to binary: 00000111 10000000. 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:
    11011110 10000000