Candle vs White Star
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | 🕯 1F56F | ☆ 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Candle | White Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F56F | 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F56F | U+2606 |
| HTML Decimal | 🕯 | ☆ |
| HTML Hex | 🕯 | ☆ |
| CSS | \1F56F | \2606 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F56F} | \u{2606} |
| Python | \U0001f56f | \u2606 |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 95 af | e2 98 86 |
How to Distinguish
Both Candle and White Star 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.