UTF-16 Encoding & Decoding
Live tool: https://www.coderstool.com/utf16-encoding-decoding
Convert between UTF-16 encoded text and readable strings so you can inspect, debug, or repair encoding issues.
✨ What it does
The UTF-16 Encoding & Decoding tool helps you:
- Decode UTF-16 byte sequences into readable text
- Encode text into UTF-16 for testing or integration work
- Spot byte-order markers (BOM) and endianness issues
- Understand how characters and emojis are represented in UTF-16
🔧 When to use it
- Debugging data coming from systems that use UTF-16 (e.g. some Windows APIs, older systems)
- Checking if a file or payload is encoded the way you expect
- Comparing UTF-8 and UTF-16 representations during migrations
- Teaching or learning about text encoding internals