Fullwidth Digit Two vs Fullwidth Latin Small Letter A
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Property Comparison
| Property | ２ FF12 | ａ FF41 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Two | Fullwidth Latin Small Letter A |
| 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 | FF12 | FF41 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF12 | U+FF41 |
| HTML Decimal | ２ | ａ |
| HTML Hex | ２ | ａ |
| CSS | \FF12 | \FF41 |
| JavaScript | \u{FF12} | \u{FF41} |
| Python | \uff12 | \uff41 |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 92 | ef bd 81 |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Two and Fullwidth Latin Small Letter A 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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