Bullet vs One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation
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Property Comparison
| Property | • 2022 | ⸫ 2E2B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Bullet | One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | Supplemental Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2022 | 2E2B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2022 | U+2E2B |
| HTML Decimal | • | ⸫ |
| HTML Hex | • | ⸫ |
| CSS | \2022 | \2E2B |
| JavaScript | \u{2022} | \u{2E2B} |
| Python | \u2022 | \u2e2b |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 a2 | e2 b8 ab |
How to Distinguish
Both Bullet and One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation are in the Punctuation 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.