Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᔡ has the Unicode code point U+1521. 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+1521 to binary:
00010101 00100001. 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 10010100 10100001
CANADIAN SYLLABICS SHWA·U+1521
ᔡ
Character Information
Code Point
U+1521
HEX
1521
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 94 A1 | 11100001 10010100 10100001 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 15 21 | 00010101 00100001 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 21 15 | 00100001 00010101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 15 21 | 00000000 00000000 00010101 00100001 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 21 15 00 00 | 00100001 00010101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᔡ
URI Encoded
%E1%94%A1
Description
The Unicode character U+1521 represents the "CANADIAN SYLLABICS SHWA" (ᒣ), a letter in the Cree syllabics script used predominantly in Canada for writing the Cree language, one of the Algonquian languages spoken by various Indigenous communities across Canada. The Cree syllabics script is an adaptive version of the Latin alphabet introduced by missionaries in the 19th century to facilitate literacy and religious instruction among these communities. U+1521 is used in conjunction with other characters in the Cree syllabics block (U+1400–U+167F) to represent individual sounds or syllables, enabling accurate phonetic representation of the Cree language and facilitating communication, education, and cultural preservation among its speakers.
How to type the ᔡ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 5409 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.