Unicode Character Lookup

Look up any character: official Unicode name, U+ code point, category, plane, UTF-8/UTF-16 bytes, HTML, JS, CSS and URL escapes. Search names too.

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3 code points

U+00E9

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Lowercase letter (Ll) · Plane 0 – Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)

Decimal: 233
UTF-8: C3 A9
UTF-16: 00E9
HTML: é
JavaScript: \u00E9
CSS: \E9
URL-encoded: %C3%A9

U+20AC

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Currency symbol (Sc) · Plane 0 – Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)

Decimal: 8364
UTF-8: E2 82 AC
UTF-16: 20AC
HTML: €
JavaScript: \u20AC
CSS: \20AC
URL-encoded: %E2%82%AC

U+1F600

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Other symbol (So) · Plane 1 – Supplementary Multilingual Plane

Decimal: 128512
UTF-8: F0 9F 98 80
UTF-16: D83D DE00
HTML: 😀
JavaScript: \u{1F600}
CSS: \1F600
URL-encoded: %F0%9F%98%80

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What is Unicode Lookup?

Identifies characters. Paste text or code points to see each character’s official Unicode name, code point, general category, plane, UTF-8 and UTF-16 bytes and ready-made escapes – or search the Unicode name list by words.

How to use Unicode Lookup

Choose the Mode: Inspect characters or Search by name.
In inspect mode, paste characters or code points such as U+1F600, 0x41, \u00E9 or é into Input.
In search mode, type English words from the name, e.g. euro sign or smiling face.
Click the large character on a card to copy it.

Example

Input

😀

Output

U+1F600 · GRINNING FACE · Other symbol (So) · UTF-8: F0 9F 98 80 · UTF-16: D83D DE00

When to use Unicode Lookup

Use it to identify an unknown symbol or emoji, find invisible characters (zero-width space, non-breaking space, BOM), get the right escape for code, or find a character by name. To convert whole strings between notations use the Unicode Converter.

How Unicode Lookup works

Names come from the Unicode Character Database 15.0 (about 30,000 named characters, loaded on demand); CJK, Tangut, Nushu and Khitan ideographs and Hangul syllables get their algorithmic names, while Egyptian/Anatolian hieroglyph and Cuneiform names are not included. The general category is computed with the browser’s Unicode property escapes (\p{gc=…}), and the byte forms are produced with TextEncoder and UTF-16 code units. At most 200 characters are shown.