Digit Eight vs Latin Small Letter Lambda With Stroke
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Property Comparison
| Property | 8 0038 | ƛ 019B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Digit Eight | Latin Small Letter Lambda With Stroke |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Basic Latin | Latin Extended-B |
| Script | Zyyy | Latn |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | EN | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 0038 | 019B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+0038 | U+019B |
| HTML Decimal | 8 | ƛ |
| HTML Hex | 8 | ƛ |
| CSS | \0038 | \019B |
| JavaScript | \u{38} | \u{19B} |
| Python | \u0038 | \u019b |
| UTF-8 | 38 | c6 9b |
How to Distinguish
Both Digit Eight and Latin Small Letter Lambda With Stroke are in the Latin Extended category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
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