Black Diamond Minus White X vs Black Star
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ❖ 2756 | ★ 2605 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Diamond Minus White X | Black Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2756 | 2605 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2756 | U+2605 |
| HTML Decimal | ❖ | ★ |
| HTML Hex | ❖ | ★ |
| CSS | \2756 | \2605 |
| JavaScript | \u{2756} | \u{2605} |
| Python | \u2756 | \u2605 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9d 96 | e2 98 85 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Diamond Minus White X and Black Star are in the Stars & Asterisks 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.