Reference Mark vs Reversed Pilcrow Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ※ 203B | ⁋ 204B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Reference Mark | Reversed Pilcrow Sign |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 203B | 204B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+203B | U+204B |
| HTML Decimal | ※ | ⁋ |
| HTML Hex | ※ | ⁋ |
| CSS | \203B | \204B |
| JavaScript | \u{203B} | \u{204B} |
| Python | \u203b | \u204b |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 bb | e2 81 8b |
How to Distinguish
Both Reference Mark and Reversed Pilcrow Sign 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.