Black Star vs Dingbat Negative Circled Digit One
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ★ 2605 | ❶ 2776 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Star | Dingbat Negative Circled Digit One |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Number (No) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2605 | 2776 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2605 | U+2776 |
| HTML Decimal | ★ | ❶ |
| HTML Hex | ★ | ❶ |
| CSS | \2605 | \2776 |
| JavaScript | \u{2605} | \u{2776} |
| Python | \u2605 | \u2776 |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 85 | e2 9d b6 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Star and Dingbat Negative Circled Digit One 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.