Fullwidth Digit Eight vs Middle Dot
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Property Comparison
| Property | ８ FF18 | · 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Eight | Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | EN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF18 | 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF18 | U+00B7 |
| HTML Decimal | ８ | · |
| HTML Hex | ８ | · |
| CSS | \FF18 | \00B7 |
| JavaScript | \u{FF18} | \u{B7} |
| Python | \uff18 | \u00b7 |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 98 | c2 b7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Eight and Middle Dot are in the Punctuation 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.