$s = '\u805a\u5408\u6216\u8be6\u7ec6'; $s =~ s/u(\w\w\w\w)/x{$1}/g; $s = eval qq{"$s"}; print($s); #### $s = '\u805a\u5408\u6216\u8be6\u7ec6'; $s =~ s/\\u([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})/chr(hex($1))/ge; print($s);