Dong Sign vs Pound Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ₫ 20AB | £ 00A3 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dong Sign | Pound Sign |
| Category | Currency Signs | Currency Signs |
| Block | Currency Symbols | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ET |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 20AB | 00A3 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+20AB | U+00A3 |
| HTML Decimal | ₫ | £ |
| HTML Hex | ₫ | £ |
| CSS | \20AB | \00A3 |
| JavaScript | \u{20AB} | \u{A3} |
| Python | \u20ab | \u00a3 |
| UTF-8 | e2 82 ab | c2 a3 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dong Sign and Pound Sign are in the Currency Signs 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()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.