Fullwidth Digit Five vs Medium Mathematical Space
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Property Comparison
| Property | 5 FF15 | 205F |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Five | Medium Mathematical Space |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Space Separator (Zs) |
| Bidirectional | EN | WS |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF15 | 205F |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF15 | U+205F |
| HTML Decimal | 5 |   |
| HTML Hex | 5 |   |
| CSS | \FF15 | \205F |
| JavaScript | \u{FF15} | \u{205F} |
| Python | \uff15 | \u205f |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 95 | e2 81 9f |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Five and Medium Mathematical Space 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.