LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B vs GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
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Property Comparison
| Property | B U+0042 | Β U+0392 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA |
| Block | Basic Latin | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Latn | Grek |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0042 | U+0392 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0042 | U+0392 |
| decimal | 66 | 914 |
| htmldecimal | B | Β |
| htmlhex | B | Β |
| css | \0042 | \0392 |
| javascript | \u{42} | \u{392} |
| python | \u0042 | \u0392 |
| java | \u0042 | \u0392 |
| go | \u0042 | \u0392 |
| ruby | \u{42} | \u{392} |
| rust | \u{42} | \u{392} |
| ccpp | \u0042 | \u0392 |
| urlencoded | B | %CE%92 |
| utf8bytes | 42 | ce 92 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 42 | 03 92 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 42 | 00 00 03 92 |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA is from Greek and Coptic (Grek). Check the codepoint or encoding to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.