Text ↔ Unicode
Conversion ToolsHow to use this text-to-Unicode converter
- Type any text, including emoji and non-Latin scripts, in the top box.
- Its Unicode code points (U+XXXX) appear below automatically.
- Or paste code points in the bottom box to convert back to text.
What is a Unicode code point?
Unicode assigns a unique number to every character in every writing system, plus emoji and symbols, over 149,000 characters as of recent standards. Unlike ASCII's 8-bit limit, Unicode can represent virtually any character used in any language.
Does this work with emoji?
Yes, emoji are regular Unicode characters, so they convert to their code points just like any letter.
What's the difference between Unicode and UTF-8?
Unicode is the standard that assigns numbers to characters; UTF-8 is one way of encoding those numbers as bytes for storage and transmission. This tool shows the raw Unicode code points, not the UTF-8 byte encoding.