Acute Accent vs Ampersand
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Property Comparison
| Property | ´ 00B4 | & 0026 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Acute Accent | Ampersand |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Basic Latin |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Modifier Symbol (Sk) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B4 | 0026 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B4 | U+0026 |
| HTML Decimal | ´ | & |
| HTML Hex | ´ | & |
| CSS | \00B4 | \0026 |
| JavaScript | \u{B4} | \u{26} |
| Python | \u00b4 | \u0026 |
| UTF-8 | c2 b4 | 26 |
How to Distinguish
Both Acute Accent and Ampersand are in the Latin Extended category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.