$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e'$_="\x{00C9}ric"; Dump($_);'
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x826d060 "\311ric"\0      # Text (My name)

$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e'$_=pack("N", 0xC9726963); Dump($_);'
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0xa16b2d8 "\311ric"\0      # Binary