diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
index 1ac9c1b4946..4cc13acab51 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ public expect fun String(chars: CharArray): String
 @SinceKotlin("1.2")
 public expect fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String
 
+/**
+ * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] into a String.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public expect fun CharArray.concatToString(): String
+
 /**
  * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] or its subrange into a String.
  *
@@ -129,6 +136,13 @@ public expect fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String
 @ExperimentalStdlibApi
 public expect fun CharArray.concatToString(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.size): String
 
+/**
+ * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public expect fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray
+
 /**
  * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string or its substring.
  *
@@ -142,6 +156,15 @@ public expect fun CharArray.concatToString(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int =
 @ExperimentalStdlibApi
 public expect fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.length): CharArray
 
+/**
+ * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
+ *
+ * Malformed byte sequences are replaced by the replacement char `\uFFFD`.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public expect fun ByteArray.decodeToString(): String
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array or its subrange.
  *
@@ -161,6 +184,15 @@ public expect fun ByteArray.decodeToString(
     throwOnInvalidSequence: Boolean = false
 ): String
 
+/**
+ * Encodes this string to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * Any malformed char sequence is replaced by the replacement byte sequence.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public expect fun String.encodeToByteArray(): ByteArray
+
 /**
  * Encodes this string or its substring to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
index 8f6e7ed2b7d..310c7786493 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ public actual fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String {
     return result
 }
 
+/**
+ * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] into a String.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun CharArray.concatToString(): String {
+    var result = ""
+    for (char in this) {
+        result += char
+    }
+    return result
+}
+
 /**
  * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] or its subrange into a String.
  *
@@ -57,6 +70,15 @@ public actual fun CharArray.concatToString(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int =
     return result
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray {
+    return CharArray(length) { get(it) }
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string or its substring.
  *
@@ -74,6 +96,17 @@ public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.l
     return CharArray(endIndex - startIndex) { get(startIndex + it) }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
+ *
+ * Malformed byte sequences are replaced by the replacement char `\uFFFD`.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(): String {
+    return decodeUtf8(this, 0, size, false)
+}
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array or its subrange.
  *
@@ -97,6 +130,17 @@ public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(
     return decodeUtf8(this, startIndex, endIndex, throwOnInvalidSequence)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Encodes this string to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * Any malformed char sequence is replaced by the replacement byte sequence.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun String.encodeToByteArray(): ByteArray {
+    return encodeUtf8(this, 0, length, false)
+}
+
 /**
  * Encodes this string or its substring to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 40a517fc606..d7b99960bff 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ public actual inline fun String.toUpperCase(): String = (this as java.lang.Strin
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public actual inline fun String.toLowerCase(): String = (this as java.lang.String).toLowerCase()
 
+/**
+ * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] into a String.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun CharArray.concatToString(): String {
+    return String(this)
+}
+
 /**
  * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] or its subrange into a String.
  *
@@ -145,6 +154,17 @@ public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.l
     return toCharArray(CharArray(endIndex - startIndex), 0, startIndex, endIndex)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
+ *
+ * Malformed byte sequences are replaced by the replacement char `\uFFFD`.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(): String {
+    return String(this)
+}
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array or its subrange.
  *
@@ -177,6 +197,17 @@ public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(
     return decoder.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(this, startIndex, endIndex - startIndex)).toString()
 }
 
+/**
+ * Encodes this string to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * Any malformed char sequence is replaced by the replacement byte sequence.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun String.encodeToByteArray(): ByteArray {
+    return this.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
+}
+
 /**
  * Encodes this string or its substring to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
  *
@@ -215,10 +246,10 @@ public actual fun String.encodeToByteArray(
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns a new character array containing the characters from this string.
+ * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = (this as java.lang.String).toCharArray()
+public actual inline fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = (this as java.lang.String).toCharArray()
 
 /**
  * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.
diff --git a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
index b9f119b4b71..1c2d5477d2a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
+++ b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
@@ -4906,6 +4906,7 @@ public final class kotlin/text/StringsKt {
 	public static synthetic fun commonSuffixWith$default (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;ZILjava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun compareTo (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Z)I
 	public static synthetic fun compareTo$default (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZILjava/lang/Object;)I
+	public static final fun concatToString ([C)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun concatToString ([CII)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static synthetic fun concatToString$default ([CIIILjava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun contains (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;CZ)Z
@@ -4914,6 +4915,7 @@ public final class kotlin/text/StringsKt {
 	public static synthetic fun contains$default (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;ZILjava/lang/Object;)Z
 	public static final fun count (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)I
 	public static final fun decapitalize (Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public static final fun decodeToString ([B)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun decodeToString ([BIIZ)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static synthetic fun decodeToString$default ([BIIZILjava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun drop (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;I)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;
@@ -4924,6 +4926,7 @@ public final class kotlin/text/StringsKt {
 	public static final fun dropLastWhile (Ljava/lang/String;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public static final fun dropWhile (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;
 	public static final fun dropWhile (Ljava/lang/String;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public static final fun encodeToByteArray (Ljava/lang/String;)[B
 	public static final fun encodeToByteArray (Ljava/lang/String;IIZ)[B
 	public static synthetic fun encodeToByteArray$default (Ljava/lang/String;IIZILjava/lang/Object;)[B
 	public static final fun endsWith (Ljava/lang/CharSequence;CZ)Z