Activate Arabic Form Shaping vs Character Tie
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Property Comparison
| Property | 206D | ⁀ 2040 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Activate Arabic Form Shaping | Character Tie |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Format (Cf) | Connector Punctuation (Pc) |
| Bidirectional | BN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 206D | 2040 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+206D | U+2040 |
| HTML Decimal |  | ⁀ |
| HTML Hex |  | ⁀ |
| CSS | \206D | \2040 |
| JavaScript | \u{206D} | \u{2040} |
| Python | \u206d | \u2040 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 ad | e2 81 80 |
How to Distinguish
Both Activate Arabic Form Shaping and Character Tie 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.