Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character has the Unicode code point U+0EFF. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
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 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+0EFF to binary:
00001110 11111111. 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:
11100000 10111011 10111111
CHARACTER 0EFF·U+0EFF
Character Information
Code Point
U+0EFF
HEX
0EFF
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E0 BB BF | 11100000 10111011 10111111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 0E FF | 00001110 11111111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | FF 0E | 11111111 00001110 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 0E FF | 00000000 00000000 00001110 11111111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | FF 0E 00 00 | 11111111 00001110 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
໿
URI Encoded
%E0%BB%BF
Description
U+0EFF is a Unicode character code that represents a special control character called the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (). This character is often used as a placeholder in digital text when an encoding error occurs or when a character's encoding information is not available. The REPLACEMENT CHARACTER serves as a visual indicator that there may be a problem with the encoding of the text and can help programmers identify where the encoding issue has occurred. While this character does not have any cultural, linguistic, or technical significance on its own, it plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of digital text by signaling potential issues with encoding.
How to type the symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 3839 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.