As character names:
U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER character (�)
As raw characters:
�
As a string of HTML entities:
�
Decoder output:
Byte number 1 is decimal 240, hex 0xF0, octal \360, binary 11110000 This is the first byte of a 4 byte sequence. Byte number 2 is decimal 143, hex 0x8F, octal \217, binary 10001111 This is continuation byte 1, expecting 2 more. Byte number 3 is decimal 191, hex 0xBF, octal \277, binary 10111111 This is continuation byte 2, expecting 1 more. Byte number 4 is decimal 189, hex 0xBD, octal \275, binary 10111101 This is continuation byte 3, expecting 0 more. U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER * used to replace an incoming character whose value is unknown or unrepresentable in Unicode * compare the use of 001A as a control character to indicate the substitute function x (uncertainty sign - 2BD1) x (negative squared question mark - 1FBC4)