Fullwidth Digit Nine vs Fullwidth Tilde
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Property Comparison
| Property | ９ FF19 | ～ FF5E |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Nine | Fullwidth Tilde |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | EN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF19 | FF5E |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF19 | U+FF5E |
| HTML Decimal | ９ | ～ |
| HTML Hex | ９ | ～ |
| CSS | \FF19 | \FF5E |
| JavaScript | \u{FF19} | \u{FF5E} |
| Python | \uff19 | \uff5e |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 99 | ef bd 9e |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Nine and Fullwidth Tilde 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.