Latin Subscript Small Letter S vs Superscript Eight
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Property Comparison
| Property | ₛ 209B | ⁸ 2078 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Latin Subscript Small Letter S | Superscript Eight |
| Category | Superscript & Subscript | Superscript & Subscript |
| Block | Superscripts and Subscripts | Superscripts and Subscripts |
| Script | Latn | Zyyy |
| General Category | Modifier Letter (Lm) | Other Number (No) |
| Bidirectional | L | EN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 209B | 2078 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+209B | U+2078 |
| HTML Decimal | ₛ | ⁸ |
| HTML Hex | ₛ | ⁸ |
| CSS | \209B | \2078 |
| JavaScript | \u{209B} | \u{2078} |
| Python | \u209b | \u2078 |
| UTF-8 | e2 82 9b | e2 81 b8 |
How to Distinguish
Both Latin Subscript Small Letter S and Superscript Eight belong to the Superscript & Subscript category and the Superscripts and Subscripts block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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