Activate Symmetric Swapping vs Caret
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | 206B | ‸ 2038 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Activate Symmetric Swapping | 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 | 206B | 2038 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+206B | U+2038 |
| HTML Decimal |  | ‸ |
| HTML Hex |  | ‸ |
| CSS | \206B | \2038 |
| JavaScript | \u{206B} | \u{2038} |
| Python | \u206b | \u2038 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 ab | e2 80 b8 |
How to Distinguish
Both Activate Symmetric Swapping 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.