Fullwidth Digit Eight vs Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | ８ FF18 | ｛ FF5B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Eight | Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | EN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF18 | FF5B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF18 | U+FF5B |
| HTML Decimal | ８ | ｛ |
| HTML Hex | ８ | ｛ |
| CSS | \FF18 | \FF5B |
| JavaScript | \u{FF18} | \u{FF5B} |
| Python | \uff18 | \uff5b |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 98 | ef bd 9b |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Eight and Fullwidth Left Curly Bracket 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.