What is a character encoding? read more
Computers only store bytes (numbers 0–255). A character encoding is the rule that maps each character to a specific sequence of bytes, and back. The same text produces different bytes under different encodings — and decoding bytes with the wrong encoding produces mojibake (乱码). Try switching encodings below to see how the byte representation changes, especially for Chinese characters.
| # | Character | Code Point | Bytes (hex) | Bytes (binary) | Note |
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| Byte(s) | Character | Code Point | Note |
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