Digit Four vs Reverse Solidus
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Property Comparison
| Property | 4 0034 | \ 005C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Digit Four | Reverse Solidus |
| 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 | 0034 | 005C |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+0034 | U+005C |
| HTML Decimal | 4 | \ |
| HTML Hex | 4 | \ |
| CSS | \0034 | \005C |
| JavaScript | \u{34} | \u{5C} |
| Python | \u0034 | \u005c |
| UTF-8 | 34 | 5c |
How to Distinguish
Both Digit Four and Reverse Solidus 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.