Unicode Character Finder

Find a character by name or code point, and inspect pasted text character by character.

Search a curated set of 63 characters by name, code point or category, or paste any character into the inspector to see its code point. Every character also shows its HTML entity, so you can paste it into a page or document without worrying about encoding. The set is curated, not the whole Unicode standard: if a character is not in the set, the code-point lookup still renders it from its number, but the name comes from the set only where the character is listed.

Search by name or code point

How a character is named

Every character in Unicode has exactly one code point, written U plus hexadecimal digits, and exactly one official name. U+2192 is RIGHTWARDS ARROW, and it is always the arrow character, in every font, on every system. The HTML entity for the same character is →, which is the decimal form of the same number, or → in hexadecimal. When a character shows as a box or a question mark, the code point is fine and the font is missing the glyph: the fix is a font with that range, not a different character.

Look-alikes cause real mistakes. The multiplication sign (U+00D7) is not the letter x, the hyphen-minus on your keyboard (U+002D) is not the en dash (U+2013) or the em dash (U+2014), and the Arabic question mark (U+061F) is not the Latin one (U+003F). Search by name when you are unsure, and check the code point on the card before you copy: if the code point matches, the character matches, whatever it looks like in your font.

Arabic ligatures in the set

The set includes the two Arabic ligatures people search for most: U+FDFA, the ligature for sallallahu alayhe wasallam, and U+FDFC, the rial sign. Both are single code points, not typed-out phrases, which is why copying them from a page that renders them as separate letters gives a different string.

Using a character in code or HTML

In HTML, write the entity, for example → for the rightwards arrow. In JavaScript, write the escape, for example \u2192. In Python, write \u2192 for a four-digit code point. The code point on each card is the number to use in all three.

Frequently Asked Questions

A unique number for a character, written U plus hexadecimal digits. U+2192 is always the rightwards arrow, in every font and on every system. The name and number are fixed by the Unicode standard; only the drawn shape varies by font.

The code point is correct but the font in use has no glyph for it. The fix is a font that covers that range, not a different character. Copying the character into a page with a fuller font will show it correctly.

The multiplication sign is U+00D7, a symbol. The letter x is U+0078, a letter. They look similar in some fonts but they are different characters, and a search or a calculation that expects one will not accept the other.

Copy it from a card here, or use its HTML entity (for example →) in a page, or its escape (\u2192) in code. The code point on the card is the number to use.

No. Unicode has over 150,000 characters. This page holds a curated set of the characters people actually search for: arrows, maths, currency, punctuation, fractions, Greek and Arabic ligatures. The code-point lookup renders any valid code point, but names are shown only for characters in the set.

U+FDFA is the Arabic ligature for sallallahu alayhe wasallam, the blessing after the Prophet's name, as one character. U+FDFC is the rial sign, used for the Saudi and Iranian riyal. Both are single code points, not typed-out phrases.