Shapecatcher
Find unicode characters and emojis by drawing
Shapecatcher launched on April 13, 2016 with 85 votes, #537 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
Search Unicode characters by drawing them in a box and find the most similar shapes.
Let Shapecatcher help you find the most similar Unicode characters! Currently, there are 11,817 Unicode glyphs in the database. Japanese, Korean, and Chinese characters are not yet supported. This is a tool to help you find Unicode characters. Finding a specific character whose name you don't know is cumbersome. On shapecatcher.com, all you need to know is the shape of the character! Draw your character as best you can in the "drawbox". You can do this by clicking and holding the left mouse button and moving around. You can switch to a fill and erase tool aswell (new!). Draw as many strokes as you need to, then click "Recognize" to start the recognition. If you want to clear the canvas and…from shapecatcher.com
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