ZERO WIDTH SPACE vs ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
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Property Comparison
| Property | U+200B | U+200C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | ZERO WIDTH SPACE | ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zinh |
| Category | Format (Cf) | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional | BN | BN |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+200B | U+200C |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+200B | U+200C |
| decimal | 8203 | 8204 |
| htmldecimal | ​ | ‌ |
| htmlhex | ​ | ‌ |
| css | \200B | \200C |
| javascript | \u{200B} | \u{200C} |
| python | \u200b | \u200c |
| java | \u200B | \u200C |
| go | \u200B | \u200C |
| ruby | \u{200B} | \u{200C} |
| rust | \u{200B} | \u{200C} |
| ccpp | \u200b | \u200c |
| urlencoded | %E2%80%8B | %E2%80%8C |
| utf8bytes | e2 80 8b | e2 80 8c |
| utf16bebytes | 20 0b | 20 0c |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 20 0b | 00 00 20 0c |
How to Distinguish
Both characters are in the General Punctuation block but use different scripts: ZERO WIDTH SPACE uses Zyyy, while ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER uses Zinh.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.