Unicode character inspector
Paste a character to read its official Unicode name, category, block, code point, and useful HTML, CSS, and JavaScript escapes. Identification runs locally in your browser.
Each result is one code point or a complete LiteralKit decoration wrap.
Paste a symbol to identify its Unicode details and name-style match.
Paste a symbol to identify its Unicode details and name-style match.
Local identification — nothing is uploaded.
Paste one symbol, fancy letter, or a short run of text into the identifier.
Read each official Unicode name, block, category, code point, and escape sequence.
Use Copy details to take the names, code points, and escapes with you.
Use the matched source letter to find or generate more symbols in Name into Symbols.
Names and character properties come from Unicode Character Database 17.0.0. The tool does not predict font or app compatibility, visual rendering on another device, or a symbol’s cultural, personal, or tattoo meaning.
If you can copy the unknown character, paste it directly for the most reliable lookup. If you only have an image, first redraw it in a handwriting keyboard or describe its visible features—such as arrows, bars, loops, or dots—to narrow the search, then paste likely candidates here. Visual similarity alone is not proof because many scripts contain lookalikes.
A code point is the clearest way to confirm an exact Unicode character. Look for notation such as U+2192, an HTML entity, or an escape copied from source code, then compare that value with the result. For multi-character marks, inspect every listed code point: what looks like one symbol may actually combine a base character, modifier, variation selector, or zero-width joiner.
Names, categories, blocks, aliases, and decompositions come from pinned Unicode Character Database 17.0.0 files processed at build time. Code points, escapes, and normalization are calculated locally in your browser; pasted text is never sent for identification.
It can inspect every pasted Unicode code point with the pinned Unicode 17.0.0 database. Assigned characters receive their official name and properties; unassigned code points are labeled honestly, and only LiteralKit’s published name-symbol styles receive a style match.
The code point may be unassigned in Unicode 17.0.0, or the pasted item may be a multi-character decoration without one official name. LiteralKit still shows its code points and escapes without guessing a meaning.
It means the pasted character or complete decoration matches a symbol produced by LiteralKit’s Name into Symbols chart. It does not guarantee how another app, device, or font will display it.
No. Identification happens locally in your browser and the pasted text is not sent to a server.
This page does not read images. Redraw or describe the mark to find likely Unicode candidates elsewhere, then paste each candidate here to confirm its official code point and name.
Some displayed forms are sequences containing modifiers, variation selectors, combining marks, or joiners. Inspecting every code point avoids mistaking the combined appearance for one character.
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