Eight Pointed Black Star vs Maltese Cross
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✴ 2734 | ✠ 2720 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Eight Pointed Black Star | Maltese Cross |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2734 | 2720 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2734 | U+2720 |
| HTML Decimal | ✴ | ✠ |
| HTML Hex | ✴ | ✠ |
| CSS | \2734 | \2720 |
| JavaScript | \u{2734} | \u{2720} |
| Python | \u2734 | \u2720 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c b4 | e2 9c a0 |
How to Distinguish
Both Eight Pointed Black Star and Maltese Cross belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Dingbats block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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