Black Left-Pointing Pointer vs Black Square
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Property Comparison
| Property | ◄ 25C4 | ■ 25A0 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Left-Pointing Pointer | Black Square |
| Category | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Block | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 25C4 | 25A0 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25C4 | U+25A0 |
| HTML Decimal | ◄ | ■ |
| HTML Hex | ◄ | ■ |
| CSS | \25C4 | \25A0 |
| JavaScript | \u{25C4} | \u{25A0} |
| Python | \u25c4 | \u25a0 |
| UTF-8 | e2 97 84 | e2 96 a0 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Left-Pointing Pointer and Black Square belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes 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.