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There is, but UTF8 encodes the value in the bottom 5/6 bits of the char code (I can't remember exactly) - it's slight overkill I think.
But I had an idea over the weekend - I'll just have two raw string types - 0xD1 for 16 bit and 0xD2 for 8 bit length