UTF-16 Decoder Online Tool

Easily decode and encode text using UTF-16, a Unicode encoding standard. Convert text, symbols, and emojis into readable formats with one click.

Example: \u{68}\u{65}\u{6c}\u{6c}\u{6f}\u{20}\u{77}\u{6f}\u{72}\u{6c}\u{64}

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Example Formats for Encoding and Decoding


                The decomposition mapping is <츠, U+11B8>, not <0x110E, ᅳ, 11B8>.
                Example: The title says ‫פעילות הבינאום, W3C‬ ‏in Hebrew
                \nabc\x09áßç\tक際 🥰 😀 %E0%A4%95%E9%9A%9B%F0%9F%91%BD
                HTML/XML (hex): çखी國👽Á
                JavaScript: \u00E7\u0916\u0940\u570B\uD83D\uDC7D
                CSS: \00E7 \0916 \0940 \570B \01F47D

Frequently Asked Questions

What is UTF-16? UTF-16 is a Unicode encoding standard that uses one or two 16-bit code units to represent all 1,112,064 valid characters in Unicode.
How does UTF-16 differ from UTF-8? UTF-16 uses 16-bit units, while UTF-8 uses 8-bit units. UTF-16 can represent some characters in fewer bytes but often takes more space overall.
Why use UTF-16? UTF-16 is efficient for encoding Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where many characters are two bytes long.