How do you write hello in binary?

In 8-bit binary, hello is 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111. Each group of eight bits is one letter.

Why does each letter have eight digits?

Eight bits make one byte, the basic unit computers use to store text. Eight bits can count from 0 to 255, enough for every basic English character.

Can I translate emoji into binary?

Yes. Emoji are encoded with UTF-8, so a single emoji usually becomes four bytes, which is 32 ones and zeros.

Is binary the same as Morse code?

No. Both use two symbols, but Morse code is made for people to send by sound or light, with a different length for each letter. Binary is how computers store data, with a fixed eight bits per byte.

Binary Translator: Text to Binary Converter

About the Binary Translator

Computers store every letter as a number, and every number as a string of bits: ones and zeros. This translator converts your text into 8-bit binary using UTF-8, the encoding used by almost every website and app, so each group of eight digits is one byte.

Switch to Binary to text to decode. Paste binary with or without spaces and the translator splits it into bytes and turns them back into characters. Plain English letters take one byte each, while emoji and accented letters take two to four.

How to use it

Pick Text to binary or Binary to text.
Type your text, or paste the ones and zeros.
Copy the result and share your secret message.

Example: Text to binary

Before: Hi there!

After: 01001000 01101001 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100001

Example: Binary to text

Before: 01101101 01100101 01101101 01100101 01110011

After: memes

Binary alphabet: uppercase and lowercase letters

A: 01000001, a: 01100001
B: 01000010, b: 01100010
C: 01000011, c: 01100011
D: 01000100, d: 01100100
E: 01000101, e: 01100101
F: 01000110, f: 01100110
G: 01000111, g: 01100111
H: 01001000, h: 01101000
I: 01001001, i: 01101001
J: 01001010, j: 01101010
K: 01001011, k: 01101011
L: 01001100, l: 01101100
M: 01001101, m: 01101101
N: 01001110, n: 01101110
O: 01001111, o: 01101111
P: 01010000, p: 01110000
Q: 01010001, q: 01110001
R: 01010010, r: 01110010
S: 01010011, s: 01110011
T: 01010100, t: 01110100
U: 01010101, u: 01110101
V: 01010110, v: 01110110
W: 01010111, w: 01110111
X: 01011000, x: 01111000
Y: 01011001, y: 01111001
Z: 01011010, z: 01111010

Binary Translator FAQ

How do you write hello in binary?: In 8-bit binary, hello is 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111. Each group of eight bits is one letter.
Why does each letter have eight digits?: Eight bits make one byte, the basic unit computers use to store text. Eight bits can count from 0 to 255, enough for every basic English character.
Can I translate emoji into binary?: Yes. Emoji are encoded with UTF-8, so a single emoji usually becomes four bytes, which is 32 ones and zeros.
Is binary the same as Morse code?: No. Both use two symbols, but Morse code is made for people to send by sound or light, with a different length for each letter. Binary is how computers store data, with a fixed eight bits per byte.