Subscript Left Parenthesis vs Superscript Two
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Property Comparison
| Property | ₍ 208D | ² 00B2 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Subscript Left Parenthesis | Superscript Two |
| Category | Superscript & Subscript | Superscript & Subscript |
| Block | Superscripts and Subscripts | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Other Number (No) |
| Bidirectional | ON | EN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 208D | 00B2 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+208D | U+00B2 |
| HTML Decimal | ₍ | ² |
| HTML Hex | ₍ | ² |
| CSS | \208D | \00B2 |
| JavaScript | \u{208D} | \u{B2} |
| Python | \u208d | \u00b2 |
| UTF-8 | e2 82 8d | c2 b2 |
How to Distinguish
Both Subscript Left Parenthesis and Superscript Two are in the Superscript & Subscript category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
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