table 3-6. UTF-8 bit distribution

yitin at twc.com yitin at twc.com
Thu Sep 11 14:21:31 CDT 2025


https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G27288

What is the significance of using different letters (x,y,z,u)
for different bits?  I don't see any consistent pattern in
the naming.  https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3629 just
uses x for all of them.


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