Candle vs Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag
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Property Comparison
| Property | 🕯 1F56F | 📭 1F4ED |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Candle | Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F56F | 1F4ED |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F56F | U+1F4ED |
| HTML Decimal | 🕯 | 📭 |
| HTML Hex | 🕯 | 📭 |
| CSS | \1F56F | \1F4ED |
| JavaScript | \u{1F56F} | \u{1F4ED} |
| Python | \U0001f56f | \U0001f4ed |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 95 af | f0 9f 93 ad |
How to Distinguish
Both Candle and Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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