Symbols behave differently across apps and platforms. Accented letters, emojis with skin tones, zero-width joiners-these can break counts, layouts, or encodings. SnipTextâs Symbol/Character Info gives you instant clarity: accurate grapheme counts, Unicode & ASCII details, names, blocks, scripts, and HTML entities-so you can paste, inspect, and ship with confidence.
What the tool shows
- Grapheme cluster counts: Treats emoji sequences, flags, and combining marks as a single user-perceived character.
- Unicode & ASCII: View code points (U+XXXX), ASCII codes (when applicable), and plane information.
- Names, scripts & blocks: Get human-readable names plus Unicode block/script hints to understand origin.
- Encodings: See exact UTF-8 bytes and UTF-16 code units for debugging and integration.
- HTML entities: Copy named or numeric entities for safe web output.
- Unique symbol summary: Frequency view to spot duplicates or unusual glyphs at a glance.
How to use it (fast)
- Open the SnipText Symbol/Character Info page.
- Paste or type your text-tiles appear for each unique symbol with counts.
- Click any tile to see Unicode, ASCII, names, scripts/blocks, UTF-8/16, and entities.
- Use Copy Report to export a full breakdown for tickets, docs, or QA notes.
- Grapheme vs. code points: Enable Count grapheme clusters to match what users perceive as a single character.
- Reveal invisibles: Toggle Show invisibles to expose spaces, tabs, and line breaks (â â â).
- Clean input: Try Normalize NFC/NFD/NFKC/NFKD or Strip diacritics to standardize text.
- Developers: Use the UTF-8/UTF-16 readouts to verify API payloads, DB storage, or regex behavior.
- Creators: Generate HTML entities for safe embedding in CMS templates and Markdown.
Advanced options youâll love
- Visibility controls: Show invisibles, exclude whitespace from counts, switch between grapheme/code-point modes.
- Transform tools: Case conversion, URL encode/decode, HTML escape/unescape, unique-only view, and sorting.
- Favorites & quick-picker: Pin frequent glyphs and re-insert them in one click (export/import supported).
- Random generators: Instantly sample sets like arrows, currency, math, ASCII punctuation, emoji, and Latin-1.
Why this matters
Text that looks identical isnât always identical under the hood. Normalization, combining marks, and Unicode planes can affect search, storage, analytics, and rendering. With a precise inspector, you avoid subtle bugs, broken layouts, and failed validations-whether youâre crafting UI copy, building an editor, or shipping an email template.
About SnipText
SnipText builds fast, free, privacy-friendly tooling for clean, predictable text-Symbol/Character Info, Case Converter, Word/Character Counter, and more. No login, no tracking-just results.
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Go To Symbol / Character InfoFAQ
- Is Symbol/Character Info free?
- Yes-totally free with unlimited use. No signup required.
- Do you store my text?
- No. Processing is instant and privacy-friendly in your browser.
- Does it support emojis and ZWJ sequences?
- Yes. Grapheme counting recognizes emoji modifiers, flags, and zero-width joiners as single user-perceived characters.
- Can I copy HTML entities and Unicode codes?
- Absolutely. Copy individual entities/codes or use Copy Report for a full breakdown.
- What if I need to standardize my text?
- Use Normalize (NFC/NFD/NFKC/NFKD), Strip diacritics, or the transform tools to clean and unify inputs before publishing or storage.