Digit Eight vs Latin Letter Yr
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Property Comparison
| Property | 8 0038 | Ʀ 01A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Digit Eight | Latin Letter Yr |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Basic Latin | Latin Extended-B |
| Script | Zyyy | Latn |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Bidirectional | EN | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 0038 | 01A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+0038 | U+01A6 |
| HTML Decimal | 8 | Ʀ |
| HTML Hex | 8 | Ʀ |
| CSS | \0038 | \01A6 |
| JavaScript | \u{38} | \u{1A6} |
| Python | \u0038 | \u01a6 |
| UTF-8 | 38 | c6 a6 |
How to Distinguish
Both Digit Eight and Latin Letter Yr 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.