Dingbat Circled Sans-Serif Digit Eight vs White Star
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Property Comparison
| Property | ➇ 2787 | ☆ 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dingbat Circled Sans-Serif Digit Eight | White Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Number (No) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2787 | 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2787 | U+2606 |
| HTML Decimal | ➇ | ☆ |
| HTML Hex | ➇ | ☆ |
| CSS | \2787 | \2606 |
| JavaScript | \u{2787} | \u{2606} |
| Python | \u2787 | \u2606 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9e 87 | e2 98 86 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dingbat Circled Sans-Serif Digit Eight and White Star are in the Stars & Asterisks 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()
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