Unicode Text Inspector

Inspect characters, code points, UTF-16 escapes, and HTML entities.

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CharacterCode pointDecimalUTF-16 / JS escapeHTML entity
HU+004872\u0048H
eU+0065101\u0065e
lU+006C108\u006Cl
lU+006C108\u006Cl
oU+006F111\u006Fo
␠U+002032\u0020 
👋U+1F44B128075\u{1F44B}👋
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How to use Unicode Text Inspector

Get a reliable result in three straightforward steps.

  1. 01

    Enter text

    Paste ordinary writing, symbols, emoji, or suspicious characters.

  2. 02

    Inspect code points

    Review decimal values, U+ notation, escapes, and HTML entities.

  3. 03

    Copy escapes

    Use escaped forms when a source format requires them.

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Character-level detail

See the actual value behind each displayed character.

Multiple representations

Compare code points, JavaScript escapes, and HTML entities.

Emoji support

Supplementary Unicode characters are handled as complete code points.

Practical guide

What is Unicode Text Inspector?

Unicode assigns a numeric code point to characters used by writing systems, symbols, and emoji. Inspecting these values helps explain text that looks similar but is represented by different underlying characters.

A visible symbol can consist of multiple code points joined together. UTF-16, JavaScript escapes, and HTML numeric entities are representations of those underlying Unicode values.

Practical applications

When to use this tool

Common ways Unicode Text Inspector fits into real projects and daily tasks.

1

Encoding debugging

Find characters that break imports, parsers, or legacy systems.

2

Look-alike detection

Compare visually similar letters from different scripts.

3

Web development

Generate numeric entities and source-code escapes.

4

Localization

Inspect punctuation, symbols, and writing-system characters.

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Helpful answers

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about unicode text inspector and how this page works.

What is a Unicode code point?

It is the unique number assigned to an abstract character, conventionally written as U+ followed by hexadecimal digits.

Why can one emoji have multiple rows?

Many emoji combine people, modifiers, joiners, and variation selectors.

What is UTF-16?

UTF-16 stores code points using one or two 16-bit code units and is the internal string representation used by JavaScript.

Are HTML entities different characters?

Numeric entities are an HTML notation that resolves to the same Unicode character.