Vulgar Fraction One Half vs Vulgar Fraction One Third

Vulgar Fraction One Half

00BD

⅓

Vulgar Fraction One Third

2153

Property Comparison

Property	½ 00BD	⅓ 2153
Name	Vulgar Fraction One Half	Vulgar Fraction One Third
Category	Fractions	Fractions
Block	Latin-1 Supplement	Number Forms
Script	Zyyy	Zyyy
General Category	Other Number (No)	Other Number (No)
Bidirectional	ON	ON

Encoding Comparison

Format	00BD	2153
Unicode	U+00BD	U+2153
HTML Decimal	½	⅓
HTML Hex	½	⅓
CSS	\00BD	\2153
JavaScript	\u{BD}	\u{2153}
Python	\u00bd	\u2153
UTF-8	c2 bd	e2 85 93

How to Distinguish

Both Vulgar Fraction One Half and Vulgar Fraction One Third are in the Fractions category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.

Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use charCodeAt() in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.

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