Unicode Converter

Paste text in any mix of formats: plain characters, U+00E9, \u00E9, \u{1F600}, é, é, 0xE9, %C3%A9 or CSS escapes. Everything decodes to characters first, then converts into every box below.

Treat bare numbers as decides what to do with bare numbers like 0915: leave them alone (Just numbers), or read them as hex code points, decimal code points, UTF-8 code units or UTF-16 code units. In hex mode a word like cafe counts as a number.

Convert \n etc reads backslash escapes such as \n and \t as real control characters. It is on by default; turn it off when the text is source code that should stay as typed.

Extract escapes deletes everything except the escapes, so a sentence with U+0A73 in it becomes just U+0A73. If Treat bare numbers as is set to hex or decimal code points, bare numbers survive the extraction too. It does not catch \n-style single-letter escapes or named entities such as é.

As output

The decoded result as plain characters. Look here to check what your escapes actually say.

Click Inspect to open the character inspector: code point, Unicode name, block, category and script for every character, looked up locally in your browser.

As input

Treated as plain text. U+1234 typed here is five characters, not an escape.

As output

Markup-significant characters become entities: & < > ". With Escape invisible characters on (the default), invisible characters such as NO-BREAK SPACE or RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK also become hex NCRs. Convert bidi controls to HTML markup rewrites bidi controls as span tags with dir attributes.

As input

Paste HTML or XML markup. Entities and numeric character references decode to characters.

As output

Every non-ASCII character as a hexadecimal numeric character reference: é becomes é. Turn off Keep ASCII to convert ASCII characters too.

As input

A mix of text and &#x...; references. Only the hex references decode.

As output

The same idea in decimal: é becomes é. Turn off Keep ASCII to convert ASCII characters too.

As input

A mix of text and &#...; references. Only the decimal references decode.

As output

Non-ASCII characters as JavaScript escapes. ES6 \u{...} is the default and keeps emoji as one code point: 😀 becomes \u{1F600}. Uncheck it for surrogate pairs (\uD83D\uDE00), or check C-style for an eight-digit \U0001f600. Escape \n \t quotes also escapes line feeds, tabs and quote marks.

As input

A mix of text and escapes: \u{1F600}, \u1234, \U0001F600, \x41 and \n-style single-letter escapes.

As output

Non-ASCII characters as \u{...} escapes; invisible control characters as \xXX. Escape \n \t quotes also escapes line feeds, tabs and quote marks.

As input

A mix of text and \u{...}, \xXX and \n-style escapes.

As output

Non-ASCII characters as \x{...} escapes; invisible control characters as \xXX. Escape \n \t quotes also escapes line feeds, tabs and quote marks.

As input

A mix of text and \x{...}, \xXX and \n-style escapes.

As output

CSS escapes, handy for the content property: four hex digits for BMP characters (\00E9 ), six for supplementary ones (\01F600 ), each followed by a space.

As input

A mix of text and CSS escapes.

As output

UTF-8 percent-encoding for URLs: é becomes %C3%A9. Letters, digits and - . _ ~ stay as they are.

As input

Percent escapes only; everything else stays as typed.

As output

Code points in U+ notation: é becomes U+00E9. ASCII characters stay as text unless you uncheck Keep ASCII.

As input

A mix of text and U+hex escapes. Only the escapes decode.

Separate adds spaces between codes that run together, so U+0041U+0042 becomes U+0041 U+0042. It only reformats this box.

After Separate, clicking Convert on this box carries the extra spaces into the result, so the round trip is no longer exact. To split a run of characters into spaced codes: convert from the main input, click Separate then Convert here, and read the Characters panel.

As output

Code points with a 0x prefix: é becomes 0xE9. ASCII characters stay as text unless you uncheck Keep ASCII.

As input

A mix of text and 0x escapes. Only the escapes decode.

Separate adds spaces between codes that run together, so 0xE90x2B becomes 0xE9 0x2B. It only reformats this box.

After Separate, clicking Convert on this box carries the extra spaces into the result, so the round trip is no longer exact. To split a run of characters into spaced codes: convert from the main input, click Separate then Convert here, and read the Characters panel.

As output

The UTF-8 bytes of your text as two-digit hex pairs: é becomes C3 A9.

As input

Hex byte codes separated by spaces. Nothing else.

As output

UTF-16 code units as four-digit hex: 😀 becomes D83D DE00, one surrogate pair.

As input

Hex code units separated by spaces. Nothing else.

As output

Hexadecimal code points separated by spaces: é becomes 00E9 with the default padding of 4. Pad to digits pads with leading zeros; Keep ASCII leaves ASCII characters as text mixed into the numbers.

As input

Hex numbers. With Keep ASCII off, separate them with spaces. Beware: a word like cafe reads as a hex number.

Keep hex numbers spaced away from letters too: in W3C202C the digits read as one number, 3C202C, which sits beyond the Unicode range.

As output

Decimal code points separated by spaces: é becomes 233. Keep ASCII leaves ASCII characters as text mixed into the numbers.

As input

Decimal numbers. With Keep ASCII off, separate them with spaces.

Be careful converting a mix of text and numbers from this box. A number needs a space or clear punctuation around it to be recognized, and any extra spaces already in the box carry through into the results.