Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically vs Zero Width Joiner
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⁑ 2051 | 200D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically | Zero Width Joiner |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zinh |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | BN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2051 | 200D |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2051 | U+200D |
| HTML Decimal | ⁑ | ‍ |
| HTML Hex | ⁑ | ‍ |
| CSS | \2051 | \200D |
| JavaScript | \u{2051} | \u{200D} |
| Python | \u2051 | \u200d |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 91 | e2 80 8d |
How to Distinguish
Both Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically and Zero Width Joiner belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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