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

B2fx=VERVE("unicodelookup", A2, "field", "codepoint")

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", "codepoint") 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.

Keep it current

Let auto-refresh re-resolve the column on a schedule so the enriched data never goes stale.

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", "codepoint")

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", "codepoint")

Optional inputs

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

codepoint
The Unicode codepoint in hex (e.g., '1F44B' or 'U+1F44B')
=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 "codepoint" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("unicodelookup", "👋", "codepoint", "1F44B") shapes the result without changing anything else.

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

Yes. Put your character values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

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

Keep it current

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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