Feminine Ordinal Indicator vs Masculine Ordinal Indicator
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Property Comparison
| Property | ª 00AA | º 00BA |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Feminine Ordinal Indicator | Masculine Ordinal Indicator |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Latn | Latn |
| General Category | Other Letter (Lo) | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00AA | 00BA |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00AA | U+00BA |
| HTML Decimal | ª | º |
| HTML Hex | ª | º |
| CSS | \00AA | \00BA |
| JavaScript | \u{AA} | \u{BA} |
| Python | \u00aa | \u00ba |
| UTF-8 | c2 aa | c2 ba |
How to Distinguish
Both Feminine Ordinal Indicator and Masculine Ordinal Indicator belong to the Latin Extended category and the Latin-1 Supplement block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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