Reversed Question Mark vs Word Separator Middle Dot
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⸮ 2E2E | ⸱ 2E31 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Reversed Question Mark | Word Separator Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation | Supplemental Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2E2E | 2E31 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2E2E | U+2E31 |
| HTML Decimal | ⸮ | ⸱ |
| HTML Hex | ⸮ | ⸱ |
| CSS | \2E2E | \2E31 |
| JavaScript | \u{2E2E} | \u{2E31} |
| Python | \u2e2e | \u2e31 |
| UTF-8 | e2 b8 ae | e2 b8 b1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Reversed Question Mark and Word Separator Middle Dot 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.