Fullwidth Asterisk vs Fullwidth Digit Four
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Property Comparison
| Property | ＊ FF0A | ４ FF14 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Asterisk | Fullwidth Digit Four |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Decimal Number (Nd) |
| Bidirectional | ON | EN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF0A | FF14 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF0A | U+FF14 |
| HTML Decimal | ＊ | ４ |
| HTML Hex | ＊ | ４ |
| CSS | \FF0A | \FF14 |
| JavaScript | \u{FF0A} | \u{FF14} |
| Python | \uff0a | \uff14 |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 8a | ef bc 94 |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Asterisk and Fullwidth Digit Four belong to the Punctuation category and the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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.