Microphone vs White Medium Star
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Property Comparison
| Property | 🎤 1F3A4 | ⭐ 2B50 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Microphone | White Medium Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F3A4 | 2B50 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F3A4 | U+2B50 |
| HTML Decimal | 🎤 | ⭐ |
| HTML Hex | 🎤 | ⭐ |
| CSS | \1F3A4 | \2B50 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3A4} | \u{2B50} |
| Python | \U0001f3a4 | \u2b50 |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 8e a4 | e2 ad 90 |
How to Distinguish
Both Microphone and White Medium Star are in the Stars & Asterisks category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.