Pinwheel Star vs White Star
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ✯ 272F | ☆ 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pinwheel Star | White Star |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 272F | 2606 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+272F | U+2606 |
| HTML Decimal | ✯ | ☆ |
| HTML Hex | ✯ | ☆ |
| CSS | \272F | \2606 |
| JavaScript | \u{272F} | \u{2606} |
| Python | \u272f | \u2606 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c af | e2 98 86 |
How to Distinguish
Both Pinwheel Star 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.