Use json-simple (Java, Eclipse) to convert a txt file to JSON file, some special characters does not shown properly in JSON file <p>I am using json-simple to parse a txt file to JSON file. The data I need contains some special characters (emoticon) such as "(●⁰౪⁰●)(//●⁰౪⁰●)//" and " "˭̡̞(◞⁎˃ᆺ˂)◞<em>✰". The result JSON file is not recoginize some characters in it, for instance it will convert the second emoticon into "˭̡̞(◞\u204E˃ᆺ˂)◞</em>✰" I know that \204E is the UTF code for lower * but I do not know how to correctly make it write properly into JSON file. I have tried to encode my input txt file in UTF_8 but it does not work as well. I was wondering if anyone has a good idea for how to solve the issue, Thanks. </p>