Oblique Hyphen vs Reversed Question Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⹝ 2E5D | ⸮ 2E2E |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Oblique Hyphen | Reversed Question Mark |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation | Supplemental Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2E5D | 2E2E |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2E5D | U+2E2E |
| HTML Decimal | ⹝ | ⸮ |
| HTML Hex | ⹝ | ⸮ |
| CSS | \2E5D | \2E2E |
| JavaScript | \u{2E5D} | \u{2E2E} |
| Python | \u2e5d | \u2e2e |
| UTF-8 | e2 b9 9d | e2 b8 ae |
How to Distinguish
Both Oblique Hyphen and Reversed Question Mark belong to the Punctuation category and the Supplemental 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.