Convert Binary to Unicode

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Binary to Unicode Converter

How to Convert Binary to Unicode

Converting Binary to Unicode involves interpreting binary (base-2) data as Unicode characters, which are used to represent text in most modern computing systems. Here’s how it works:

Binary to Unicode Basics

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number (code point) to each character, symbol, or emoji across different languages.

Binary is a base-2 number system (0s and 1s) used by computers.

To convert binary to Unicode, you typically:

1. Group binary digits into bytes (8 bits).

2. Map the decimal/hex value to a Unicode character using the Unicode standard.

3. Convert binary to decimal (or hexadecimal).

Steps to Convert Binary to Unicode

Example: Convert 01001000 01101001 to Unicode.

  1. Split into 8-bit chunks (bytes):
    • 01001000 (H)
    • 01101001 (i)
  2. Convert each byte to decimal:
    • 01001000 → 72 (Unicode U+0048 = ‘H’)
    • 01101001 → 105 (Unicode U+0069 = ‘i’)
  3. Result: “Hi” (Unicode characters)

For Multi-byte Unicode (UTF-8)

Some Unicode characters (like emojis or Chinese letters) require multiple bytes in UTF-8 encoding.

  • Example: 11110000 10011111 10011000 10000010 (Binary for “😂” emoji)
    1. Decode using UTF-8 rules (4 bytes).
    2. The binary represents U+1F602 (😂).

Example (UTF-8 for emoji):

  • Binary: 11110000 10011111 10011000 10010000
  • Interpreted as Unicode character: 😀 (U+1F600)

Binary to Unicode Table

Binary (UTF-8 Encoded)Unicode CharacterUnicode Code PointDescription
01000001AU+0041Latin Capital ‘A’
01100001aU+0061Latin Small ‘a’
00100000(Space)U+0020Space
00101100,U+002CComma
00101110.U+002EFull Stop (Period)
001100000U+0030Digit Zero
001101015U+0035Digit Five
00111111?U+003FQuestion Mark
01000010BU+0042Latin Capital ‘B’
01011010ZU+005ALatin Capital ‘Z’
01111010zU+007ALatin Small ‘z’
11000011 10101001©U+00A9Copyright Symbol
11000011 10111100¼U+00BCFraction One-Quarter
11100010 10000010 10101100€U+20ACEuro Sign
11100010 10001001 10100000™U+2122Trademark Symbol
11110000 10011111 10011000 10000010😂U+1F602Face with Tears of Joy
11110000 10011111 10011000 10001000🚀U+1F680Rocket Emoji
11110000 10011111 10011101 10000100🅄U+1F744Chess Knight (Symbol)
11110000 10011111 10110000 10001111🍏U+1F34FGreen Apple Emoji
11110000 10011111 10110010 10101110🤎U+1F90EBrown Heart Emoji

Key Notes:

  1. 1-byte (ASCII): 0xxxxxxx → Covers basic Latin letters, digits, and symbols.
  2. 2-byte: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx → Used for Latin-1 Supplement (e.g., ©, ¼).
  3. 3-byte: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx → Covers most common symbols (e.g., €, ™).
  4. 4-byte: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx → Used for emojis and rare characters.

FAQs

1. What does 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100001 mean?

This binary string represents the text “Hello!” when converted to Unicode/ASCII characters.
Here’s the breakdown:

  • 01001000 = H
  • 01100101 = e
  • 01101100 = l
  • 01101100 = l
  • 01101111 = o
  • 00100001 = !

2. How to convert binary to UTF-8?

To convert binary to UTF-8:

  1. Group the binary string into 8-bit segments (1 byte each).
  2. Convert each 8-bit segment to its decimal equivalent.
  3. Translate the decimal to its UTF-8/Unicode character using a character map (e.g., ASCII table).
  4. Combine all characters to form the final UTF-8 text.

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