gucharmap /guwˈtʃaɹˌmæp/

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gucharmap is the GNOME Character Map, based on the Unicode Character Database.

Browse characters by Unicode block or script
Display information about each character:
- Unicode code point
- Unicode character name
- Unicode category
- Unicode canonical decomposition
- Useful representations
  - UTF-8 encoding (e.g. 0xE2 0x86 0x90)
  - UTF-16 encoding (e.g. 0x2190)
  - C octal escaped UTF-8 (e.g. \342\206\220)
  - XML decimal entity (e.g. ←)
- For CJK ideographs (unless not compiled in):
  - definition
  - Mandarin pronunciation
  - Cantonese pronunciation
  - Tang pronunciation
  - Korean pronunciation
  - Japanese Kun pronunciation
  - Japanese On (“Sino-Japanese”) pronunciation
Search for a character by any name and other information
Jump to a character by code point
View in any font at any point size, switch among fonts quickly
Identify the first character from the clipboard or X selection
Copy strings of characters chosen from the table to the clipboard and X selection
Drag selection into the character map to identify a character
Drag and drop out of the character map
Magnify the active character
See which font is actually being used to draw each character’s glyph
The character map is a GTK+ widget, and can be used in other programs

Links to stuff gucharmap uses:

Desktop Applications:

Unibook™ Character Browser for Windows
Microsoft Character Map and Private Character Editor for Windows
KDEUtils' KCharSelect
SIL ViewGlyph — Font Viewing Program
Juliusz Chroboczek’s ucm
umap, a Unicode clipboard filler
Lord Pixel’s Unicode Font Info for Mac OS X
UnicodeChecker for Mac OS X
unicode-screensaver displays random unicode characters. Based on the tables in gucharmap.
(DEPRECATED) GnomeUtils's gcharmap, the (OLD) GNOME Character Map
(DEPRECATED) KCharMap, the (OLD) KDE Character Map

Web Applications:

Projects: