Octopus vs White Star
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | 🐙 1F419 | ☆ 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Octopus | White Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F419 | 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F419 | U+2606 |
| HTML Decimal | 🐙 | ☆ |
| HTML Hex | 🐙 | ☆ |
| CSS | \1F419 | \2606 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F419} | \u{2606} |
| Python | \U0001f419 | \u2606 |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 90 99 | e2 98 86 |
How to Distinguish
Both Octopus and White 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.