Dagger vs Presentation Form For Vertical Em Dash
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Property Comparison
| Property | † 2020 | ︱ FE31 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dagger | Presentation Form For Vertical Em Dash |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | CJK Compatibility Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2020 | FE31 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2020 | U+FE31 |
| HTML Decimal | † | ︱ |
| HTML Hex | † | ︱ |
| CSS | \2020 | \FE31 |
| JavaScript | \u{2020} | \u{FE31} |
| Python | \u2020 | \ufe31 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 a0 | ef b8 b1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dagger and Presentation Form For Vertical Em Dash are in the Punctuation 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()
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