Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Five vs Eight Pointed Black Star
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Property Comparison
| Property | ❺ 277A | ✴ 2734 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Five | Eight Pointed Black Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Number (No) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 277A | 2734 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+277A | U+2734 |
| HTML Decimal | ❺ | ✴ |
| HTML Hex | ❺ | ✴ |
| CSS | \277A | \2734 |
| JavaScript | \u{277A} | \u{2734} |
| Python | \u277a | \u2734 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9d ba | e2 9c b4 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Five and Eight Pointed Black Star belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Dingbats block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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