Domain names can only use a limited set of ASCII characters. To support international characters (like é, ö, or ♥), a system called Punycode is used to convert these Unicode characters into an ASCII-compatible string. For example, the domain `I♥tøøls.com` becomes `xn--itls-m2a8k.com`.
Our Punycode Converter allows you to easily perform this conversion in both directions. You can encode an international domain to see its Punycode version, or decode a Punycode domain to see its original Unicode representation. This is an essential tool for webmasters and network administrators working with internationalized domain names (IDNs).
Our Punycode Converter allows you to easily perform this conversion in both directions. You can encode an international domain to see its Punycode version, or decode a Punycode domain to see its original Unicode representation. This is an essential tool for webmasters and network administrators working with internationalized domain names (IDNs).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)?
IDNs are domain names that contain characters from non-Latin scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, or characters with diacritics. Punycode is the standard that allows these names to work with the existing DNS infrastructure.
Why do Punycode domains start with 'xn--'?
The 'xn--' prefix is a special sequence called the ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) prefix. It signals to browsers and other systems that the following string is a Punycode-encoded domain name and should be decoded to Unicode for display to the user.
