Double Dagger vs Reference Mark
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ‡ 2021 | ※ 203B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Double Dagger | Reference Mark |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2021 | 203B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2021 | U+203B |
| HTML Decimal | ‡ | ※ |
| HTML Hex | ‡ | ※ |
| CSS | \2021 | \203B |
| JavaScript | \u{2021} | \u{203B} |
| Python | \u2021 | \u203b |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 a1 | e2 80 bb |
How to Distinguish
Both Double Dagger and Reference Mark belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation 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.