Unicode Lookup in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Inspect characters by the row. Returns the codepoint, category and name for any character — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

unicodelookup.xlsxsample data

A2fx=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "character")

Character

Codepoint

Decimal

Hex

Utf16

�

U+D83D

55357

D83D

\uD83D

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Turn IDs into detail

Fill =VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "character") down a column of identifiers and expand each into full, structured detail — no manual lookups.

Enrich a table in place

Add Unicode Lookup beside your existing rows to append the fields you were missing, right where the data lives.

Freeze it once it's right

Fill the column as plain values when the enrichment is done, so it never spends another credit.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "character")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("unicodelookup", "field", "character")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

character
The Unicode character to lookup. Supply either character or codepoint.
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "character", "👋")
codepoint
The Unicode codepoint in hex (e.g., '1F44B' or 'U+1F44B'). Supply either character or codepoint.
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "codepoint", "1F44B")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Decimal
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "decimal")
Hex
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "hex")
Utf16
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "utf16")
Category
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "category")
Character
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "character")
Codepoint
=VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "codepoint")

Unicode Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Unicode Lookup into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("unicodelookup", "field", "decimal") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Unicode Lookup?

Unicode Lookup returns decimal, hex, utf16, category and character, plus 1 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Unicode Lookup returns?

Yes — Unicode Lookup takes "character" and "codepoint" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("unicodelookup", "character", "👋") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Can I fill a whole column of Unicode Lookup at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell and one call returns a value for every row, or drag =VERVE("unicodelookup") down like any spreadsheet function.

How many credits does each Unicode Lookup cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Unicode Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Unicode Lookup

Turn IDs into detail

Enrich a table in place

Freeze it once it's right

Unicode Lookup, answered

Put Unicode Lookup in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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