---
title: "utf16CodePoint"
description: "The UTF16 value corresponding to the key event that was pressed. The unicode character takes into
account any meta keys that are pressed (eg. Pressing shift results in capital alphabets). The
UTF16 value uses the [U+n notation][http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr27/#notation] of the Unicode
Standard.
An [Int] is used instead of a [Char] so that we can support supplementary characters. The Unicode
Standard allows for characters whose representation requires more than 16 bits. The range of
legal code points is U+0000 to U+10FFFF, known as Unicode scalar value.
The set of characters from U+0000 to U+FFFF is sometimes referred to as the Basic Multilingual
Plane (BMP). Characters whose code points are greater than U+FFFF are called supplementary
characters. In this representation, supplementary characters are represented as a pair of char
values, the first from the high-surrogates range, (\uD800-\uDBFF), the second from the
low-surrogates range (\uDC00-\uDFFF)."
type: "property"
---
Property
Common
```kotlin
expect val KeyEvent.utf16CodePoint: Int
```
The UTF16 value corresponding to the key event that was pressed. The unicode character takes into
account any meta keys that are pressed (eg. Pressing shift results in capital alphabets). The
UTF16 value uses the `U+n notation` of the Unicode
Standard.
An `Int` is used instead of a `Char` so that we can support supplementary characters. The Unicode
Standard allows for characters whose representation requires more than 16 bits. The range of
legal code points is U+0000 to U+10FFFF, known as Unicode scalar value.
The set of characters from U+0000 to U+FFFF is sometimes referred to as the Basic Multilingual
Plane (BMP). Characters whose code points are greater than U+FFFF are called supplementary
characters. In this representation, supplementary characters are represented as a pair of char
values, the first from the high-surrogates range, (\uD800-\uDBFF), the second from the
low-surrogates range (\uDC00-\uDFFF).
Android
```kotlin
actual val KeyEvent.utf16CodePoint: Int
```
The UTF16 value corresponding to the key event that was pressed. The unicode character takes into
account any meta keys that are pressed (eg. Pressing shift results in capital alphabets). The
UTF16 value uses the `U+n notation` of the Unicode
Standard.
An `Int` is used instead of a `Char` so that we can support supplementary characters. The Unicode
Standard allows for characters whose representation requires more than 16 bits. The range of
legal code points is U+0000 to U+10FFFF, known as Unicode scalar value.
The set of characters from U+0000 to U+FFFF is sometimes referred to as the Basic Multilingual
Plane (BMP). Characters whose code points are greater than U+FFFF are called supplementary
characters. In this representation, supplementary characters are represented as a pair of char
values, the first from the high-surrogates range, (\uD800-\uDBFF), the second from the
low-surrogates range (\uDC00-\uDFFF).
If the return value has bit `KeyCharacterMap.COMBINING_ACCENT` set, the key is a "dead key" that
should be combined with another to actually produce a character -- see
`KeyCharacterMap.getDeadChar` -- after masking with `KeyCharacterMap.COMBINING_ACCENT_MASK`.