Caret vs Paragraph Separator
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ‸ 2038 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Caret | Paragraph Separator |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Paragraph Separator (Zp) |
| Bidirectional | ON | B |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2038 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2038 | U+2029 |
| HTML Decimal | ‸ | 
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| HTML Hex | ‸ | 
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| CSS | \2038 | \2029 |
| JavaScript | \u{2038} | \u{2029} |
| Python | \u2038 | \u2029 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 b8 | e2 80 a9 |
How to Distinguish
Both Caret and Paragraph Separator belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.