Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᣁ has the Unicode code point U+18C1. 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+18C1 to binary:
00011000 11000001. 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:
11100001 10100011 10000001
CANADIAN SYLLABICS SHAY·U+18C1
ᣁ
Character Information
Code Point
U+18C1
HEX
18C1
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 A3 81 | 11100001 10100011 10000001 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 18 C1 | 00011000 11000001 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | C1 18 | 11000001 00011000 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 18 C1 | 00000000 00000000 00011000 11000001 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | C1 18 00 00 | 11000001 00011000 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᣁ
URI Encoded
%E1%A3%81
Description
The Unicode character U+18C1 represents the "CANADIAN SYLLABICS SHAY" (ᖃ). This character is part of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which consists of 75 characters ranging from U+16E0 to U+16FF and U+18C0 to U+18F1. The primary purpose of this character set is to provide a standardized representation for the various Canadian Indigenous languages that utilize syllabics, such as Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. The CANADIAN SYLLABICS SHAY character (ᖃ) holds particular importance in the Inuktitut language, spoken by the Inuit people living across the Arctic regions of Canada. In Inuktitut, each syllabic character represents a single syllable and can be used individually or combined with other characters to form words. The use of syllabics in these languages has proven advantageous for literacy development due to the phonetic correspondence between the written and spoken forms. This enables speakers of Inuktitut, among other Canadian Indigenous languages, to learn and read their respective scripts more easily. In digital text, characters like U+18C1 are used to maintain the accuracy of transcriptions and translations across various platforms and applications. The Unicode Standard ensures that these characters can be properly displayed and processed by computers, making it an essential resource for preserving and promoting Indigenous languages.
How to type the ᣁ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 6337 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.