Eight Pointed Black Star vs Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✴ 2734 | ✻ 273B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Eight Pointed Black Star | Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk |
| 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 | 273B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2734 | U+273B |
| HTML Decimal | ✴ | ✻ |
| HTML Hex | ✴ | ✻ |
| CSS | \2734 | \273B |
| JavaScript | \u{2734} | \u{273B} |
| Python | \u2734 | \u273b |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c b4 | e2 9c bb |
How to Distinguish
Both Eight Pointed Black Star and Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Dingbats 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.