Split Unicode into Characters
A fast, accurate, privacy-friendly online tool to split Unicode text into real user-perceived characters, including emojis, combined symbols, accents, and complex scripts.
Unicode Character Splitter
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About This Tool
This tool splits Unicode text into grapheme clusters, which represent what users visually perceive as single characters. Unlike naive string splitting, it correctly handles emojis, skin-tone modifiers, zero-width joiners, accented letters, and scripts from all languages.
Key Benefits of Using This Tool
- Accurate splitting of complex Unicode characters
- Runs entirely in your browser with zero data transmission
- No tracking, no analytics, no user data collection
- Works consistently across global languages and scripts
- Instant results with minimal CPU and memory usage
Features
- Grapheme-aware Unicode segmentation
- Supports emojis, flags, modifiers, and combined symbols
- Responsive, mobile-friendly interface
- Clean light-mode UI for readability
- No dependencies on external services or APIs
Use Cases
- Validating character limits in Unicode-aware systems
- Building text editors, chat apps, or social platforms
- Testing emoji and internationalization handling
- Educational exploration of Unicode behavior
- Preparing data for text processing pipelines
Fun Fact
Some emojis that look like a single symbol are actually composed of five or more Unicode code points joined together invisibly.
Historical Context
Unicode was created in the early 1990s to unify character encoding across languages. As emojis and global scripts evolved, simple code-point splitting became insufficient. Grapheme cluster segmentation emerged to represent how humans actually perceive characters on screen.