jQuery: fromCharCode > charCodeAt
more at: http://stackoverflow.com/a/302462/1250044 http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-escapes#unicode
HTML
<input id='charCodeAt'>
<input id='fromCharCode'>
JavaScript
$('input').on('keydown', function(e){
var str = String.fromCharCode(e.which);
$('#charCodeAt')[0].value = str.charCodeAt(0);
$('#fromCharCode')[0].value = encodeURIComponent(str);
return false;
});