Fullwidth Digit Two vs Fullwidth Number Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ２ FF12 | ＃ FF03 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Fullwidth Digit Two | Fullwidth Number Sign |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Decimal Number (Nd) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | EN | ET |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | FF12 | FF03 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+FF12 | U+FF03 |
| HTML Decimal | ２ | ＃ |
| HTML Hex | ２ | ＃ |
| CSS | \FF12 | \FF03 |
| JavaScript | \u{FF12} | \u{FF03} |
| Python | \uff12 | \uff03 |
| UTF-8 | ef bc 92 | ef bc 83 |
How to Distinguish
Both Fullwidth Digit Two and Fullwidth Number Sign 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.