Black Star vs Circled Cross Pommee
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ★ 2605 | 🕀 1F540 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Star | Circled Cross Pommee |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2605 | 1F540 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2605 | U+1F540 |
| HTML Decimal | ★ | 🕀 |
| HTML Hex | ★ | 🕀 |
| CSS | \2605 | \1F540 |
| JavaScript | \u{2605} | \u{1F540} |
| Python | \u2605 | \U0001f540 |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 85 | f0 9f 95 80 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Star and Circled Cross Pommee 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.