Function Application vs Swung Dash
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | 2061 | ⁓ 2053 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Function Application | Swung Dash |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Format (Cf) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | BN | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2061 | 2053 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2061 | U+2053 |
| HTML Decimal | ⁡ | ⁓ |
| HTML Hex | ⁡ | ⁓ |
| CSS | \2061 | \2053 |
| JavaScript | \u{2061} | \u{2053} |
| Python | \u2061 | \u2053 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 a1 | e2 81 93 |
How to Distinguish
Both Function Application and Swung Dash belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation 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.