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Unicode to Chanakya ConverterBeta

For documents that will be set in the Chanakya font.

Type or paste Hindi on the left and get Chanakya font code on the right, ready to paste into Word or your DTP program.

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Please review the output. Matra order and the common conjuncts (क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र) are handled, but rare characters in very old documents may still differ. Nothing you type is uploaded. This page converts entirely inside your browser.

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Converting a full document or spreadsheet? Upload the Word or Excel file, formatting stays.

Convert a document

Upload a Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx, .csv) or text (.txt) file in Unicode Hindi. Only the Hindi is converted. Bold, colours, tables, numbers, formulas and the rest of the formatting stay exactly as they are.

Your file never leaves your computer.

How to use

  1. Type or paste the Hindi that has to go into a Chanakya document.
  2. Press Copy Chanakya code.
  3. Paste into Word and set the font to Chanakya, or use Download .docx.

Tip:In the preview, check a word with क or प्र: क should not touch the next letter, and the stroke of प्र should sit under प.

Worked examples

Real phrases run through this converter, so you can compare them with your own text and see what the page does before you paste anything.

  1. The short i sign is typed before its letter in the old font

    Unicode / Hindi
    हिन्दी भाषा
    Chanakya
    çã‹Îè Öæáæ

  2. The reph (र्) is typed after its syllable in the old font

    Unicode / Hindi
    कार्यालय में कर्मचारी
    Chanakya
    ·¤æØæîÜØ ×𢠷¤×î¿æÚè

  3. A letter with र (ra) joined underneath

    Unicode / Hindi
    प्रश्न का उत्तर
    Chanakya
    ÂA³Ù ·¤æ ©GÚ

  4. Letters that join into one shape

    Unicode / Hindi
    क्षेत्रीय ज्ञान
    Chanakya
    ÿæð˜èØ ™ææÙ

  5. A whole sentence with its full stop

    Unicode / Hindi
    भारत की राजधानी नई दिल्ली है।
    Chanakya
    ÖæÚÌ ·¤è ÚæÁÏæÙè Ù§: ç΄è ãñÐ

Each example comes from this converter's own rules and is checked in both directions every time the site is built. A phrase that fails the check is left out.

Good to know

  • This font has no key for these letters and signs: ऌ ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९. They are left unchanged and flagged under the output box, and Word draws them in another font.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does it say Beta?
Every key was drawn from the font file and read by eye, and converted words were drawn back in the font itself to check they read correctly. It has not yet been run on a real office document, so please read anything important before you rely on it.
The output looks like English letters. Is that right?
Yes. That is Chanakya code. Press Preview (Hindi) to see it in the Chanakya font here, or set the font to Chanakya in Word.
Some characters were left as they were. Why?
Chanakya has no key for a few characters, such as Hindi digits. They are left unchanged and a note appears under the output box.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The conversion runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.

When you need Chanakya

Newspaper and press templates set in Chanakya show the wrong letters when Unicode Hindi is pasted into them. This page writes the Hindi out again as the keys Chanakya expects, in the order the font draws them.

What the conversion takes care of

  • ि before its letter and the reph after its syllable.
  • Rakar as a stroke. प्र is written ÂA, the letter and the stroke, never प and र side by side.
  • The space after क. क is written ·¤, so the next letter does not run into it.

To go back, use Chanakya to Unicode. For Patrika templates, use Unicode to Patrika.