Swung Dash vs Thin Space
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⁓ 2053 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Swung Dash | Thin Space |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Space Separator (Zs) |
| Bidirectional | ON | WS |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2053 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2053 | U+2009 |
| HTML Decimal | ⁓ |   |
| HTML Hex | ⁓ |   |
| CSS | \2053 | \2009 |
| JavaScript | \u{2053} | \u{2009} |
| Python | \u2053 | \u2009 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 93 | e2 80 89 |
How to Distinguish
Both Swung Dash and Thin Space 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.