Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically vs Zero Width Space
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⁑ 2051 | 200B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically | Zero Width Space |
| 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 | 200B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2051 | U+200B |
| HTML Decimal | ⁑ | ​ |
| HTML Hex | ⁑ | ​ |
| CSS | \2051 | \200B |
| JavaScript | \u{2051} | \u{200B} |
| Python | \u2051 | \u200b |
| UTF-8 | e2 81 91 | e2 80 8b |
How to Distinguish
Both Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically and Zero Width 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.