Comma vs Latin Small Letter Long S
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Property Comparison
| Property | , 002C | ſ 017F |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Comma | Latin Small Letter Long S |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Basic Latin | Latin Extended-A |
| Script | Zyyy | Latn |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | CS | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 002C | 017F |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+002C | U+017F |
| HTML Decimal | , | ſ |
| HTML Hex | , | ſ |
| CSS | \002C | \017F |
| JavaScript | \u{2C} | \u{17F} |
| Python | \u002c | \u017f |
| UTF-8 | 2c | c5 bf |
How to Distinguish
Both Comma and Latin Small Letter Long S are in the Latin Extended 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.