Common Characters
What is Unicode Inspector?
Unicode Inspector is a tool for exploring Unicode characters and their properties. Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number to every character across all writing systems. This tool helps developers and linguists inspect character codepoints, names, categories, and other Unicode properties.
How to Use Unicode Inspector
- Enter characters - Type or paste text to inspect its Unicode properties
- View details - See codepoints, names, and categories for each character
- Search by codepoint - Enter a Unicode codepoint to find the character
- Copy information - Copy character data for use in your projects
Unicode Inspector Features
- Character details - View codepoints, names, and categories
- Block information - See which Unicode block a character belongs to
- Escape sequences - Get JavaScript, CSS, and HTML escape codes
- Multi-character analysis - Inspect entire strings at once
- Search functionality - Find characters by name or codepoint
- One-click copy - Copy character or escape sequences easily
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Unicode codepoint?
A Unicode codepoint is a number assigned to each character in the Unicode standard. Codepoints are typically written as U+ followed by hexadecimal, like U+0041 for the letter 'A'. Unicode supports over 140,000 characters covering virtually all writing systems in use today.
What are Unicode character categories?
Unicode assigns each character a general category like Letter (L), Mark (M), Number (N), Symbol (S), Separator (Z), or Other (C). These categories help software determine how to process text, such as where line breaks can occur or which characters are part of words.
Why do I need escape sequences?
Escape sequences allow you to represent special characters in code or markup when direct entry isn't possible or might cause issues. For example, you might need to escape emojis, special symbols, or non-ASCII characters when writing code, JSON, or CSS to ensure proper encoding and display.