Code not decode and not print text

Question

// in database column name have text 
// 22-10 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0433\u0434\u0435-\u044
// type row  - text
$test = urldecode(print_r($i['name'], true));
echo $test;

but this code not output text - not decode and not print text ...

Tell me please where error?

Answer 1

echo json_decode('"' . $i['name']. '"');

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