CANADIAN SYLLABICS NGO·U+1591

Character Information

Code Point
U+1591
HEX
1591
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 96 91
11100001 10010110 10010001
UTF16 (big Endian)
15 91
00010101 10010001
UTF16 (little Endian)
91 15
10010001 00010101
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 15 91
00000000 00000000 00010101 10010001
UTF32 (little Endian)
91 15 00 00
10010001 00010101 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ᖑ
URI Encoded
%E1%96%91

Description

The Unicode character U+1591, also known as CANADIAN SYLLABICS NGO, plays a significant role in the representation of the Canadian Indigenous languages. It is part of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block which includes characters ranging from U+1400 to U+167F. This block was designed by missionaries, linguists and other specialists to represent the phonetic sounds used in various indigenous languages of North America, primarily Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut, and Mi'kmaq. The character U+1591 specifically represents a particular syllable or sound in these languages when used in digital text. Although it may not be widely recognized outside the context of indigenous languages, its importance lies in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage, linguistic diversity, and intellectual property rights of Canadian Indigenous peoples.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 5521 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+1591. 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+1591 to binary: 00010101 10010001. 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:
    11100001 10010110 10010001