Unicode Lookup
Search, browse, and copy Unicode characters and emoji.
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This tool lets you search, browse, and copy Unicode characters and emoji in seconds. All processing happens in your browser with no data sent to any server.
- Search by name or code point. Type a word like "smile", "arrow", or "heart" into the search box. You can also search by code point, for example "U+1F600" or just "1F600".
- Filter by block or category. Use the Block dropdown to narrow results to Emoji, Arrows, Math, Currency, and other groups. The Category dropdown lets you drill down further, for example filtering emoji to just faces, hands, or animals.
- Click a character to inspect it. The detail panel shows the character at large size along with its official Unicode name, code point (U+XXXX), HTML entity, CSS escape, JavaScript escape, UTF-8 byte sequence, and block. Click any value in the detail panel to copy it.
- Copy in your preferred format. Choose a copy format from the dropdown (Raw Character, U+Hex, HTML Entity, CSS Escape, JS Escape, or UTF-8 Hex), then click the Copy button to copy the selected character in that format.
About Unicode
Unicode is the universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number (called a "code point") to every character in every writing system. It replaced the older ASCII standard, which could only represent 128 characters. Unicode currently defines over 149,000 characters covering 161 scripts, plus thousands of emoji, mathematical symbols, currency signs, arrows, and technical symbols. Each character has a code point written as U+ followed by a hexadecimal number, for example U+0041 for the letter "A" or U+1F600 for the grinning face emoji. This tool includes a curated selection of the most commonly used Unicode characters, with a focus on emoji, symbols, and special characters that developers and content creators need most often.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Unicode?
Unicode is a computing standard that provides a unique number for every character, regardless of platform, program, or language. It was created to solve the problem of incompatible character sets across different systems and has become the dominant encoding for the web, operating systems, and programming languages.
How many characters does this tool include?
This tool includes a curated set of approximately 700 of the most useful and commonly searched Unicode characters, with heavy emphasis on emoji (faces, hands, animals, food, objects, flags, weather), plus arrows, math symbols, currency signs, box drawing characters, Latin extended letters, common typographic symbols, dingbats, and miscellaneous symbols.
Can I copy emoji from this tool?
Yes. Click any emoji in the grid to select it, then click the Copy button to copy it. You can copy the raw emoji character, its Unicode code point (U+1F600), HTML entity (😀), CSS escape, JavaScript escape, or UTF-8 hex bytes depending on which format you choose.
What is the difference between ASCII and Unicode?
ASCII defines 128 characters (letters, digits, punctuation, and control codes) using 7 bits. Unicode is a superset that includes all ASCII characters and extends to over 149,000 characters across hundreds of writing systems. The first 128 Unicode code points are identical to ASCII. Unicode uses encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 to represent its much larger character set.