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Unicode Escape / Unescape

Escape every non-ASCII character to \uXXXX (astral characters as surrogate pairs) or unescape \uXXXX / \u{XXXXX} sequences back. Auto-detects: input containing \u escapes is unescaped, otherwise escaped. "café" ↔ "caf\u00e9".

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How to use Unicode Escape / Unescape

Non-ASCII ↔ \uXXXX (surrogate pairs for astral chars); "café" ↔ "caf\u00e9".

Prepare your input
Paste Unicode text or escaped sequences.
Use the workspace
Review the escaped or unescaped output.
Check your result
Check accented characters and symbols outside the basic plane.

Know the limits

Escaping changes representation, not character normalization or the font needed to display a symbol.

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