Text To Unicode

Free online tool. All processing is client-side. No signup needed.

How to Use the Text To Unicode

1. Enter your input values above
2. Results update automatically
3. Copy or download the output

What is a Text To Unicode?

A Text to Unicode Converter shows the Unicode code points, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, character names, and escape sequences for any text. Essential for developers working with internationalization, debugging character rendering, and handling text in multiple languages. Shows exactly what's 'in' your text at the character level.

How Does It Work?

Enter text. For each character, the converter shows: Unicode code point (U+XXXX), character name, UTF-8 bytes, UTF-16 bytes, JavaScript and HTML escapes. Full-string analysis: Unicode normalization (NFC/NFD), length in code points vs. code units, and byte counts.

Formula

Code Point: U+0041 ('A')\nUTF-8: 1-4 bytes | UTF-16: 2-4 bytes (surrogate pairs for supplementary)\nJS Escapes: \\uXXXX (BMP) or \\u{XXXXX} (supplementary)\nNormalization: NFC (composed, web standard) vs NFD (decomposed, macOS HFS+)

Who Uses This Tool?

• Developers debugging character encoding issues in web applications
• Internationalization engineering: understanding text representation
• Security researchers investigating Unicode-based attacks
• Students learning about character sets and Unicode fundamentals

Pro Tips

• JS string length counts UTF-16 code units, NOT characters. 😀 is length 2 in JS (surrogate pair) but 1 real character
• NFC vs NFD: same visual character, different byte sequences. NFC is the web standard; always normalize user input before comparison
• The confusables problem: Cyrillic 'а' and Latin 'a' look identical but have different code points — basis of homograph phishing

Frequently Asked Questions about Text To Unicode

UTF-8 vs UTF-16?

UTF-8: 1-4 bytes, ASCII-compatible, dominant web encoding (~98%). UTF-16: 2-4 bytes, used internally by Java, JavaScript, Windows.

Why normalization matters?

'é' can be single code point (NFC) or 'e' + combining accent (NFD). Same visual, different strings. Always normalize before comparison.

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