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 ## How ZWUS Works
 
+Because ZWUS operates directly on numerical code points (`U+0000` to `U+10FFFF`), encoding works with **all Unicode characters in existence**—including every language script, emoji, and symbol.
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 1. Take each character's Unicode code point.
 2. Convert it to the chosen base (3, 6, or 8).
 3. Map each resulting digit to its assigned zero-width character from the alphabet.