Dashed Overline vs Middle Dot
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ﹉ FE49 | · 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dashed Overline | Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | CJK Compatibility Forms | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FE49 | 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FE49 | U+00B7 |
| HTML Decimal | ﹉ | · |
| HTML Hex | ﹉ | · |
| CSS | \FE49 | \00B7 |
| JavaScript | \u{FE49} | \u{B7} |
| Python | \ufe49 | \u00b7 |
| UTF-8 | ef b9 89 | c2 b7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dashed Overline and Middle Dot 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()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.