Fullwidth Digit Eight vs Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Y
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Property Comparison
| Property | ８ FF18 | ｙ FF59 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Eight | Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Y |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Latn |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | EN | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF18 | FF59 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF18 | U+FF59 |
| HTML Decimal | ８ | ｙ |
| HTML Hex | ８ | ｙ |
| CSS | \FF18 | \FF59 |
| JavaScript | \u{FF18} | \u{FF59} |
| Python | \uff18 | \uff59 |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 98 | ef bd 99 |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Eight and Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Y belong to the Punctuation category and the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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