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unicode to utf-16 converter

world's simplest unicode tool

This online utility encodes Unicode data to UTF-16 encoding. Anything that you paste or enter in the input area automatically gets converted to UTF-16 and is printed in the output area. It supports all Unicode symbols and it works with emoji characters. You can switch between Big Endian and Little Endian byte order formats and use any base from 2 to 36 for the output UTF-16 units. You can also change the separator between the units, add a base-indicating prefix, and pad them to full words. Created by encoding gurus from team Browserling.

᠎᠎᠎          Tool Options

UTF-16 Radix

Use this numeral system to
output UTF-16 encoded bytes.
Enter custom radix here.
(Valid values from 2 to 36.)

UTF-16 Byte Order

Use the Big Endian byte
order format. (Most
significant byte first.)
Use the Little Endian byte
order format. (Least
significant byte first.)
Prefix output with the
byte order mark.

Output Format

Separate UTF-16 units by this
character.
Add a prefix to bytes in
binary ("0b"), octal ("o"),
and hex ("0x") bases.
Pad code units with zeros
until they have a full 16-bit
length.

What is a unicode to utf-16 converter?

This browser-based utility converts your Unicode text to UTF-16 encoding. UTF (Unicode Transformation Format) is a mapping from every Unicode code point to a unique two- or four-byte sequence. UTF-16 uses a single 16-bit code unit to encode the first 65,000 most common characters (up to code position U+FFFF, which covers the entire basic multilingual plane) or a pair of 16-bit code units (called a surrogate pair) to encode all remaining code points in the supplementary multilingual plane and other 15 Unicode planes (code points starting at U+10000 and ending at U+10FFFF). The surrogates are composed of two parts – the high surrogate in range U+D800 - U+DBFF (1,024 code points) and the low surrogate in range U+DC00 - U+DFFF (also 1,024 code points). With this tool, you can output the encoded bytes in any radix from 2 to 36. Use the radix dropdown to quickly select one of the most commonly used radixes, such as binary, octal, decimal, and hex bases, or select the custom radix option to use any other radix. You can switch between the Big Endian (BE) and Little Endian (LE) byte order formats. The BE form puts the most significant byte first and is the dominant ordering for processor and memory architectures. The LE form puts the least significant byte first and is the dominant ordering in networking protocols. UTF-16 supports the byte order mark (BOM) prefix that signals its endianness. BOM for UTF-16BE is 0xfeff and for UTF-16LE it's 0xfffe. You can choose if you want to include BOM in the output. You can also adjust the output by setting a separator character between all 16-bit units. You can improve the byte format by adding the radix prefix in front of binary units ("0b"), octal units ("o"), and hex units ("0x"). Also, you can pad units with zeros to get a full-word length. For binary units, the word length is 16 characters, for octal units, it's 6 characters, and for hex, it's 4 characters.


Unicode to utf-16 converter examples

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Aristotle's Quote

In this example, we encode Aristotle's quote to the UTF16 Big Endian encoding in hexadecimal (base-16) numeral system. We map each Unicode sans-serif italic letter to a pair of 16-bit code units (surrogates). We also pad the output words with zeros and split them apart with a space character.

𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘦
d835 de15 d835 de22 d835 de35 d835 de36 d835 de33 d835 de26 0020 d835 de25 d835 de30 d835 de26 d835 de34 0020 d835 de2f d835 de30 d835 de35 d835 de29 d835 de2a d835 de2f d835 de28 0020 d835 de36 d835 de34 d835 de26 d835 de2d d835 de26 d835 de34 d835 de34 d835 de2d d835 de3a 002e 0020 d835 de08 d835 de33 d835 de2a d835 de34 d835 de35 d835 de30 d835 de35 d835 de2d d835 de26
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Use this numeral system to
output UTF-16 encoded bytes.
Use the Big Endian byte
order format. (Most
significant byte first.)
Prefix output with the
byte order mark.
Separate UTF-16 units by this
character.
Add a prefix to bytes in
binary ("0b"), octal ("o"),
and hex ("0x") bases.
Pad code units with zeros
until they have a full 16-bit
length.

A Cute Unicode Face

This example converts a cute Unicode face to UTF16-encoded octal bytes in the Little Endian (LE) order. The octal bytes are also padded to their full lengths. Padding in LE order happens at the end of bytes because in LE the little end comes first, so zeros are added at the end. Each padded unit in the octal radix has a length of 6 digits (a unit is two bytes and each byte is 3 octal digits). It also uses the prefix "o", as well as prepends the byte order mark (BOM) so that there was no confusion about the output base and byte order, and it separates byte pairs with a semicolon symbol.

٩(*◕‿◕*)۶
o644060; o240000; o537700; o152445; o374400; o152445; o537700; o244000; o173006
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Use this numeral system to
output UTF-16 encoded bytes.
Use the Little Endian byte
order format. (Least
significant byte first.)
Prefix output with the
byte order mark.
Separate UTF-16 units by this
character.
Add a prefix to bytes in
binary ("0b"), octal ("o"),
and hex ("0x") bases.
Pad code units with zeros
until they have a full 16-bit
length.

Plant Emojis

In this example, we convert a list of plant emoji to the UTF-16 encoding. We use a custom base and set its value to the prime number 31. We also use the Big Endian byte order format for the output. In this byte order, the units and surrogate pairs are formatted so that the most significant bytes come first. We further customize the unit format by placing underscore characters between them.

🌱 Seedling 🌲 Evergreen Tree 🌳 Deciduous Tree 🌴 Palm Tree 🌵 Cactus 🌾 Sheaf of Rice
1qil_1se4_11_2l_38_38_37_3f_3c_3h_3a_a_1qil_1se5_11_27_3p_38_3l_3a_3l_38_38_3h_11_2m_3l_38_38_a_1qil_1se6_11_26_38_36_3c_37_3o_3i_3o_3m_11_2m_3l_38_38_a_1qil_1se7_11_2i_34_3f_3g_11_2m_3l_38_38_a_1qil_1se8_11_25_34_36_3n_3o_3m_a_1qil_1seh_11_2l_3b_38_34_39_11_3i_39_11_2k_3c_36_38
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Use this numeral system to
output UTF-16 encoded bytes.
Enter custom radix here.
(Valid values from 2 to 36.)
Use the Big Endian byte
order format. (Most
significant byte first.)
Prefix output with the
byte order mark.
Separate UTF-16 units by this
character.
Add a prefix to bytes in
binary ("0b"), octal ("o"),
and hex ("0x") bases.
Pad code units with zeros
until they have a full 16-bit
length.

Pro tips Master online unicode tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/unicode/convert-unicode-to-utf16?input=%F0%9D%98%95%F0%9D%98%A2%F0%9D%98%B5%F0%9D%98%B6%F0%9D%98%B3%F0%9D%98%A6%20%F0%9D%98%A5%F0%9D%98%B0%F0%9D%98%A6%F0%9D%98%B4%20%F0%9D%98%AF%F0%9D%98%B0%F0%9D%98%B5%F0%9D%98%A9%F0%9D%98%AA%F0%9D%98%AF%F0%9D%98%A8%20%F0%9D%98%B6%F0%9D%98%B4%F0%9D%98%A6%F0%9D%98%AD%F0%9D%98%A6%F0%9D%98%B4%F0%9D%98%B4%F0%9D%98%AD%F0%9D%98%BA.%20%F0%9D%98%88%F0%9D%98%B3%F0%9D%98%AA%F0%9D%98%B4%F0%9D%98%B5%F0%9D%98%B0%F0%9D%98%B5%F0%9D%98%AD%F0%9D%98%A6&utf16be=true&separator=%20&base=hexadecimal&padding=true&prefix=false&bom=false

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