Prime vs Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ′ 2032 | ⁑ 2051 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Prime | Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2032 | 2051 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2032 | U+2051 |
| HTML Decimal | ′ | ⁑ |
| HTML Hex | ′ | ⁑ |
| CSS | \2032 | \2051 |
| JavaScript | \u{2032} | \u{2051} |
| Python | \u2032 | \u2051 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 b2 | e2 81 91 |
How to Distinguish
Both Prime and Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically belong to the Punctuation category and the General 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.