Crossed Flags vs Eight Pointed Black Star
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Property Comparison
| Property | 🎌 1F38C | ✴ 2734 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Crossed Flags | Eight Pointed Black Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F38C | 2734 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F38C | U+2734 |
| HTML Decimal | 🎌 | ✴ |
| HTML Hex | 🎌 | ✴ |
| CSS | \1F38C | \2734 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F38C} | \u{2734} |
| Python | \U0001f38c | \u2734 |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 8e 8c | e2 9c b4 |
How to Distinguish
Both Crossed Flags and Eight Pointed Black 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.