THAI CHARACTER KHO KHWAI·U+0E04

Character Information

Code Point
U+0E04
HEX
0E04
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 B8 84
11100000 10111000 10000100
UTF16 (big Endian)
0E 04
00001110 00000100
UTF16 (little Endian)
04 0E
00000100 00001110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 0E 04
00000000 00000000 00001110 00000100
UTF32 (little Endian)
04 0E 00 00
00000100 00001110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ค
URI Encoded
%E0%B8%84

Description

U+0E04, known as the Thai Character Kho Khwai, is a significant symbol within the Thai language and script. It primarily serves as a component in digital text, where it plays an essential role in conveying meaning and facilitating communication among Thai speakers. The Thai language, belonging to the Tai-Kadai linguistic family, relies heavily on its unique script which is composed of 44 consonants and 15 vowels, along with several special symbols like U+0E04. This character represents a specific phoneme in the Thai language, adding to the richness of its phonetic system. As a result, the Thai Character Kho Khwai contributes to the cultural and linguistic diversity of Thailand, enabling speakers to accurately express their thoughts and ideas digitally, thereby promoting effective communication, literature, and preservation of the language's heritage in the age of modern technology.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 3588 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+0E04. 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+0E04 to binary: 00001110 00000100. 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 10111000 10000100