diff --git a/core/modules/filters/encodings.js b/core/modules/filters/encodings.js
index f41350791..557599c1a 100644
--- a/core/modules/filters/encodings.js
+++ b/core/modules/filters/encodings.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ exports.encodehtml = function(source,operator,options) {
 exports.stringify = function(source,operator,options) {
 	var results = [];
 	source(function(tiddler,title) {
-		results.push($tw.utils.stringify(title));
+		results.push($tw.utils.stringify(title,(operator.suffix === "rawunicode")));
 	});
 	return results;
 };
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ exports.stringify = function(source,operator,options) {
 exports.jsonstringify = function(source,operator,options) {
 	var results = [];
 	source(function(tiddler,title) {
-		results.push($tw.utils.jsonStringify(title));
+		results.push($tw.utils.jsonStringify(title,(operator.suffix === "rawunicode")));
 	});
 	return results;
 };
diff --git a/core/modules/utils/utils.js b/core/modules/utils/utils.js
index b3c56fb8c..14d251f01 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/utils.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/utils.js
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ exports.escape = function(ch) {
 
 // Turns a string into a legal JavaScript string
 // Copied from peg.js, thanks to David Majda
-exports.stringify = function(s) {
+exports.stringify = function(s, rawUnicode) {
 	/*
 	* ECMA-262, 5th ed., 7.8.4: All characters may appear literally in a string
 	* literal except for the closing quote character, backslash, carriage return,
@@ -573,19 +573,21 @@ exports.stringify = function(s) {
 	*
 	* For portability, we also escape all non-ASCII characters.
 	*/
+	var regex = rawUnicode ? /[\x00-\x1f]/g : /[\x00-\x1f\x80-\uFFFF]/g;
 	return (s || "")
 		.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')            // backslash
 		.replace(/"/g, '\\"')              // double quote character
 		.replace(/'/g, "\\'")              // single quote character
 		.replace(/\r/g, '\\r')             // carriage return
 		.replace(/\n/g, '\\n')             // line feed
-		.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\x80-\uFFFF]/g, exports.escape); // non-ASCII characters
+		.replace(regex, exports.escape);   // non-ASCII characters
 };
 
 // Turns a string into a legal JSON string
 // Derived from peg.js, thanks to David Majda
-exports.jsonStringify = function(s) {
+exports.jsonStringify = function(s, rawUnicode) {
 	// See http://www.json.org/
+	var regex = rawUnicode ? /[\x00-\x1f]/g : /[\x00-\x1f\x80-\uFFFF]/g;
 	return (s || "")
 		.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')            // backslash
 		.replace(/"/g, '\\"')              // double quote character
@@ -594,7 +596,7 @@ exports.jsonStringify = function(s) {
 		.replace(/\x08/g, '\\b')           // backspace
 		.replace(/\x0c/g, '\\f')           // formfeed
 		.replace(/\t/g, '\\t')             // tab
-		.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\x80-\uFFFF]/g,function(s) {
+		.replace(regex,function(s) {
 			return '\\u' + $tw.utils.pad(s.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase(),4);
 		}); // non-ASCII characters
 };
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/jsonstringify Operator (Examples).tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/jsonstringify Operator (Examples).tid
index 20f7bff75..ead9ffb38 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/jsonstringify Operator (Examples).tid	
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/jsonstringify Operator (Examples).tid	
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ title: jsonstringify Operator (Examples)
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 <<.operator-example 1 """[[Title with "double quotes" and single ' and \backslash]] +[jsonstringify[]]""">>
+<<.operator-example 2 """[[Accents and emojis -> äñøßπ ⌛🎄🍪🍓 without suffix]] +[jsonstringify[]]""">>
+<<.operator-example 3 """[[Accents and emojis -> äñøßπ ⌛🎄🍪🍓 with rawunicode suffix]] +[jsonstringify:rawunicode[]]""">>
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/stringify_Operator_(Examples).tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/stringify_Operator_(Examples).tid
index 1378287f5..a664cf7d2 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/stringify_Operator_(Examples).tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/examples/stringify_Operator_(Examples).tid
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ title: stringify Operator (Examples)
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 <<.operator-example 1 """[[Title with "double quotes" and single ' and \backslash]] +[stringify[]]""">>
+<<.operator-example 2 """[[Accents and emojis -> äñøßπ ⌛🎄🍪🍓 without suffix]] +[stringify[]]""">>
+<<.operator-example 3 """[[Accents and emojis -> äñøßπ ⌛🎄🍪🍓 with rawunicode suffix]] +[stringify:rawunicode[]]""">>
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/jsonstringify Operator.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/jsonstringify Operator.tid
index ff361450e..a7e4d565c 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/jsonstringify Operator.tid	
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/jsonstringify Operator.tid	
@@ -7,22 +7,29 @@ op-output: the input with JSON string encodings applied
 op-parameter: 
 op-parameter-name: 
 op-purpose: apply JSON string encoding to a string
+op-suffix: <<.from-version "5.1.23">> optionally, the keyword `rawunicode`
+op-suffix-name: R
 tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[String Operators]]
 title: jsonstringify Operator
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 The following substitutions are made:
 
-|!Character |!Replacement |
-|`\` |`\\` |
-|`"` |`\"` |
-|`\r` (carriage return) |`\\r` |
-|`\n` (line feed) |`\\n` |
-|`\x08` (backspace) |`\\b` |
-|`\x0c` (form field) |`\\f` |
-|`\t` (tab) |`\\t` |
-|Characters from 0x00 to 0x1f |`\\x##` where ## is two hex digits |
-|Characters from 0x80 to 0xffff |`\\u####` where #### is four hex digits |
+|!Character |!Replacement |!Condition |
+|`\` |`\\` |Always |
+|`"` |`\"` |Always |
+|Carriage return (0x0d) |`\\r` |Always |
+|Line feed (0x0a) |`\\n` |Always |
+|Backspace (0x08) |`\\b` |Always |
+|Form field (0x0c) |`\\f` |Always |
+|Tab (0x09) |`\\t` |Always |
+|Characters from 0x00 to 0x1f |`\\u####` where #### is four hex digits |Always |
+|Characters from 0x80 to 0xffff|`\\u####` where #### is four hex digits |If `rawunicode` suffix is not present (default) |
+|Characters from 0x80 to 0xffff|Unchanged |If `rawunicode` suffix is present <<.from-version "5.1.23">> |
+
+<<.from-version "5.1.23">> If the suffix `rawunicode` is present, Unicode characters above 0x80 (such as ß, ä, ñ or 🎄) will be passed through unchanged. Without the suffix, they will be substituted with `\\u` codes, which was the default behavior before 5.1.23.
+
+<<.note """Technical note: Characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane, such as 🎄 and other emojis, will be encoded as a UTF-16 surrogate pair, i.e. with two `\u` sequences.""">>
 
 Also see the [[stringify Operator]].
 
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/stringify_Operator.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/stringify_Operator.tid
index 7bd0847d9..e06be4387 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/stringify_Operator.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/filters/stringify_Operator.tid
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ op-output: the input with ~JavaScript string encodings applied
 op-parameter: 
 op-parameter-name: 
 op-purpose: apply ~JavaScript string encoding to a string
+op-suffix: <<.from-version "5.1.23">> optionally, the keyword `rawunicode`
+op-suffix-name: R
 tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[String Operators]]
 title: stringify Operator
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -13,15 +15,21 @@ from-version: 5.1.14
 
 The following substitutions are made:
 
-|!Character |!Replacement |
-|`\` |`\\` |
-|`"` |`\"` |
-|`\r` (carriage return) |`\\r` |
-|`\n` (line feed) |`\\n` |
-|`\x08` (backspace) |`\\b` |
-|`\x0c` (form feed) |`\\f` |
-|`\t` (tab) |`\\t` |
-|Characters from 0x00 to 0x1f and characters from 0x80 to 0xffff |`\\u####` where #### is four hex digits |
+|!Character |!Replacement |!Condition |
+|`\` |`\\` |Always |
+|`"` |`\"` |Always |
+|Carriage return (0x0d) |`\\r` |Always |
+|Line feed (0x0a) |`\\n` |Always |
+|Backspace (0x08) |`\\b` |Always |
+|Form field (0x0c) |`\\f` |Always |
+|Tab (0x09) |`\\t` |Always |
+|Characters from 0x00 to 0x1f |`\\x##` where ## is two hex digits |Always |
+|Characters from 0x80 to 0xffff|`\\u####` where #### is four hex digits |If `rawunicode` suffix is not present (default) |
+|Characters from 0x80 to 0xffff|<<.from-version "5.1.23">> Unchanged |If `rawunicode` suffix is present |
+
+<<.from-version "5.1.23">> If the suffix `rawunicode` is present, Unicode characters above 0x80 (such as ß, ä, ñ or 🎄) will be passed through unchanged. Without the suffix, they will be substituted with `\\u` codes, which was the default behavior before 5.1.23.
+
+<<.note """Technical note: Characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane, such as 🎄 and other emojis, will be encoded as a UTF-16 surrogate pair, i.e. with two `\u` sequences.""">>
 
 Also see the [[jsonstringify Operator]].