Symbol For Start Of Text vs Symbol For Unit Separator
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Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2402 | 241F |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2402 | U+241F |
| HTML Decimal | ␂ | ␟ |
| HTML Hex | ␂ | ␟ |
| CSS | \2402 | \241F |
| JavaScript | \u{2402} | \u{241F} |
| Python | \u2402 | \u241f |
| UTF-8 | e2 90 82 | e2 90 9f |
How to Distinguish
Both Symbol For Start Of Text and Symbol For Unit Separator belong to the Technical category and the Control Pictures 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.