JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by jfriend00

HTML

<div id="item"></div>

JavaScript

function insertText(parent, str) {
    if (str.charAt(0) == 'u') {
        str = String.fromCharCode(parseInt(str.slice(1), 16));
    }
    parent.appendChild(document.createTextNode(str));
}

insertText(document.getElementById("item"), 'u00eb');