TreeetHow to use Zawgyi to Unicode
- 01Paste Zawgyi textStraight from your document.
- 02Check the resultMyanmar in Unicode.
- 03Copy or downloadUse it anywhere.
Zawgyi-One text → standard Myanmar Unicode.
Text typed in Zawgyi only looks right when that font is installed. Converted to Unicode, it shows correctly on every phone, in Word and on websites, and search engines can read it.
Zawgyi-One was the most used Myanmar font for years, until the country moved to Unicode in October 2019. Many older documents, websites and some phones still use it. Text typed in Zawgyi looks like random English letters on any device without the font. This converter turns it into Unicode Myanmar, which shows correctly everywhere: in Word, on phones, in emails and on websites.
How to convert
- Open your document and copy the Zawgyi text. Don’t change its font first.
- Paste it in the box on the left, or open a .txt file. The Unicode text appears on the right as you paste.
- Copy the result or download it as a .txt file, then use a Unicode font such as Myanmar Text, Pyidaungsu, Padauk or Noto Sans Myanmar.
Why Zawgyi text needs converting
Zawgyi uses the Myanmar code range but stores letters in the order they are drawn, not the order Unicode defines, and reuses some codes for other shapes. Zawgyi text looks broken with a Unicode font, and Unicode text looks broken with Zawgyi, so the two have to be converted.
Example: “ျမန္မာ” (Zawgyi) becomes “မြန်မာ” (Unicode).
What the converter takes care of
- The converter uses the same rules as Google’s myanmar-tools, which are also used by Android and ICU.
- Medials, kinzi, stacked consonants, ဥ and ဦ, and the ၀/ဝ and ၇/ရ look-alikes are put in Unicode order.
- If your text already looks like Unicode, the page tells you, so you don’t convert it twice.
Converting a Word file
Select all the text in Word (Ctrl + A), copy it and paste it here. Copy the result back into Word and set the font to Myanmar Text or another Unicode font. Formatting such as bold and tables isn’t carried over, so paste paragraph by paragraph if you need to keep the layout.
At a glance
- Price
- Free. No sign-up, no watermark.
- Privacy
- Your text stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
- Works in
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on phones and computers
Questions
Why does my Zawgyi text look like English letters?
Zawgyi stores Myanmar letters as English keyboard characters. Without the font they show as those characters. Converting to Unicode fixes that for good.
What if my text is already in Unicode?
Then it doesn’t need converting: pasting it here would scramble it. If you need it in Zawgyi for print, use the Zawgyi-from-Unicode converter instead.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The conversion runs in your browser.
Will it work on my phone?
Yes. Paste the text, then copy the result. Phones show Unicode text with their built-in fonts.
Can I convert back to Zawgyi?
Yes. Use the Unicode to Zawgyi converter, linked under the result.