Activate Arabic Form Shaping vs Caret
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Property Comparison
| Property | 206D | ‸ 2038 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Activate Arabic Form Shaping | Caret |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Format (Cf) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | BN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 206D | 2038 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+206D | U+2038 |
| HTML Decimal |  | ‸ |
| HTML Hex |  | ‸ |
| CSS | \206D | \2038 |
| JavaScript | \u{206D} | \u{2038} |
| Python | \u206d | \u2038 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 ad | e2 80 b8 |
How to Distinguish
Both Activate Arabic Form Shaping and Caret belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.