Alternative Key Symbol vs Option Key
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Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2387 | 2325 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2387 | U+2325 |
| HTML Decimal | ⎇ | ⌥ |
| HTML Hex | ⎇ | ⌥ |
| CSS | \2387 | \2325 |
| JavaScript | \u{2387} | \u{2325} |
| Python | \u2387 | \u2325 |
| UTF-8 | e2 8e 87 | e2 8c a5 |
How to Distinguish
Both Alternative Key Symbol and Option Key belong to the Technical category and the Miscellaneous Technical 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.