0x243A

0x243A is a hexadecimal numeric literal commonly encountered in computing. In many contexts it is used to denote a specific code point or constant, and it corresponds to the decimal value 9274.

In Unicode terms, 0x243A maps to the code point U+243A. This code point is part of a range used for specialized symbols, often associated with input- and OCR-related symbol sets. The exact glyph rendered for U+243A depends on the font and text rendering system in use; many common fonts may not include a visible glyph for this code point, resulting in a missing glyph or a placeholder in renderings.

The practical use of 0x243A as a Unicode code point is relatively limited in everyday text. It is more likely to appear in technical documents, font development, symbol libraries, or software that needs to refer to precise Unicode code points by their hexadecimal notation. When seen in source code or data files, 0x243A is typically just a numeric constant representing 9274 in decimal or indicating a specific character position within a Unicode-aware workflow.

Encoding considerations: as a Unicode code point, U+243A is encoded differently depending on the character encoding used. In UTF-8, U+243A requires three bytes. In UTF-16, it is represented by a single 16-bit code unit, and in UTF-32 it is represented directly as 0x0000243A. The exact byte sequences depend on the encoding scheme chosen by the software or data format.

See also: Unicode, UTF-8, hexadecimal notation, character encoding, OCR symbols.