Black Star vs Dog Face
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ★ 2605 | 🐶 1F436 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Star | Dog Face |
| 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 | 1F436 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2605 | U+1F436 |
| HTML Decimal | ★ | 🐶 |
| HTML Hex | ★ | 🐶 |
| CSS | \2605 | \1F436 |
| JavaScript | \u{2605} | \u{1F436} |
| Python | \u2605 | \U0001f436 |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 85 | f0 9f 90 b6 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Star and Dog Face 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.