Double Vertical Line vs Fullwidth Digit Five
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Property Comparison
| Property | ‖ 2016 | ５ FF15 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Double Vertical Line | Fullwidth Digit Five |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Decimal Number (Nd) |
| Bidirectional | ON | EN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2016 | FF15 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2016 | U+FF15 |
| HTML Decimal | ‖ | ５ |
| HTML Hex | ‖ | ５ |
| CSS | \2016 | \FF15 |
| JavaScript | \u{2016} | \u{FF15} |
| Python | \u2016 | \uff15 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 96 | ef bc 95 |
How to Distinguish
Both Double Vertical Line and Fullwidth Digit Five are in the Punctuation 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.