Digit Eight vs Semicolon
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Property Comparison
| Property | 8 0038 | ; 003B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Digit Eight | Semicolon |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Basic Latin | Basic Latin |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | EN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 0038 | 003B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+0038 | U+003B |
| HTML Decimal | 8 | ; |
| HTML Hex | 8 | ; |
| CSS | \0038 | \003B |
| JavaScript | \u{38} | \u{3B} |
| Python | \u0038 | \u003b |
| UTF-8 | 38 | 3b |
How to Distinguish
Both Digit Eight and Semicolon belong to the Latin Extended category and the Basic Latin block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.