Character Tie vs Commercial Minus Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⁀ 2040 | ⁒ 2052 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Character Tie | Commercial Minus Sign |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Connector Punctuation (Pc) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2040 | 2052 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2040 | U+2052 |
| HTML Decimal | ⁀ | ⁒ |
| HTML Hex | ⁀ | ⁒ |
| CSS | \2040 | \2052 |
| JavaScript | \u{2040} | \u{2052} |
| Python | \u2040 | \u2052 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 80 | e2 81 92 |
How to Distinguish
Both Character Tie and Commercial Minus Sign 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.