Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically vs Word Joiner
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⁑ 2051 | 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically | Word Joiner |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | BN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2051 | 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2051 | U+2060 |
| HTML Decimal | ⁑ | ⁠ |
| HTML Hex | ⁑ | ⁠ |
| CSS | \2051 | \2060 |
| JavaScript | \u{2051} | \u{2060} |
| Python | \u2051 | \u2060 |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 91 | e2 81 a0 |
How to Distinguish
Both Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically and Word Joiner belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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