Middle Dot vs One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation
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Property Comparison
| Property | · 00B7 | ⸫ 2E2B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Middle Dot | One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Supplemental Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B7 | 2E2B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B7 | U+2E2B |
| HTML Decimal | · | ⸫ |
| HTML Hex | · | ⸫ |
| CSS | \00B7 | \2E2B |
| JavaScript | \u{B7} | \u{2E2B} |
| Python | \u00b7 | \u2e2b |
| UTF-8 | c2 b7 | e2 b8 ab |
How to Distinguish
Both Middle Dot and One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation are in the Punctuation 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.