CANADIAN SYLLABICS NNGAA·U+1676

Character Information

Code Point
U+1676
HEX
1676
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 99 B6
11100001 10011001 10110110
UTF16 (big Endian)
16 76
00010110 01110110
UTF16 (little Endian)
76 16
01110110 00010110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 16 76
00000000 00000000 00010110 01110110
UTF32 (little Endian)
76 16 00 00
01110110 00010110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ᙶ
URI Encoded
%E1%99%B6

Description

The character U+1676, also known as CANADIAN SYLLABICS NNGAA, holds significant importance in the realm of digital text, particularly for typography enthusiasts and those with a keen interest in Unicode. This specific character is part of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which comprises 97 characters ranging from U+1638 to U+16E5. The block was introduced in the first version of Unicode in 1991 to support written languages of various Indigenous peoples in Canada, particularly those who speak Cree, Inuktitut, Ojibwe, and other similar languages. CANADIAN SYLLABICS NNGAA is primarily used for representing sounds within these languages, as syllabics are a type of writing system where each character represents a syllable rather than a phoneme. This unique aspect of the character makes it an essential tool in preserving and promoting Indigenous cultural heritage through written communication. In summary, U+1676 is a vital component in digital text for typography and linguistic representation within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, providing an accurate means to represent sounds in various Indigenous languages of Canada.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 5750 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+1676. 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+1676 to binary: 00010110 01110110. 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 10011001 10110110