Blank Symbol vs Option Key
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2422 | 2325 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2422 | U+2325 |
| HTML Decimal | ␢ | ⌥ |
| HTML Hex | ␢ | ⌥ |
| CSS | \2422 | \2325 |
| JavaScript | \u{2422} | \u{2325} |
| Python | \u2422 | \u2325 |
| UTF-8 | e2 90 a2 | e2 8c a5 |
How to Distinguish
Both Blank Symbol and Option Key are in the Technical 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.