Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star vs White Medium Star
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✵ 2735 | ⭐ 2B50 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star | White Medium Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2735 | 2B50 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2735 | U+2B50 |
| HTML Decimal | ✵ | ⭐ |
| HTML Hex | ✵ | ⭐ |
| CSS | \2735 | \2B50 |
| JavaScript | \u{2735} | \u{2B50} |
| Python | \u2735 | \u2b50 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c b5 | e2 ad 90 |
How to Distinguish
Both Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star and White Medium Star 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.