MIDDLE DOT vs BULLET
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Property Comparison
| Property | · U+00B7 | • U+2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | MIDDLE DOT | BULLET |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+00B7 | U+2022 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+00B7 | U+2022 |
| decimal | 183 | 8226 |
| htmldecimal | · | • |
| htmlhex | · | • |
| css | \00B7 | \2022 |
| javascript | \u{B7} | \u{2022} |
| python | \u00b7 | \u2022 |
| java | \u00B7 | \u2022 |
| go | \u00B7 | \u2022 |
| ruby | \u{B7} | \u{2022} |
| rust | \u{B7} | \u{2022} |
| ccpp | \u00b7 | \u2022 |
| urlencoded | %C2%B7 | %E2%80%A2 |
| utf8bytes | c2 b7 | e2 80 a2 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 b7 | 20 22 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 b7 | 00 00 20 22 |
| htmlentity | · | • |
How to Distinguish
Both characters use the Zyyy script but are in different blocks: MIDDLE DOT in Latin-1 Supplement and BULLET in General Punctuation.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.