Eight Pointed Black Star vs Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✴ 2734 | 🔍 1F50D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Eight Pointed Black Star | Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2734 | 1F50D |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2734 | U+1F50D |
| HTML Decimal | ✴ | 🔍 |
| HTML Hex | ✴ | 🔍 |
| CSS | \2734 | \1F50D |
| JavaScript | \u{2734} | \u{1F50D} |
| Python | \u2734 | \U0001f50d |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c b4 | f0 9f 94 8d |
How to Distinguish
Both Eight Pointed Black Star and Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass 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()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.