Black Left-Pointing Pointer vs Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill
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Property Comparison
| Property | ◄ 25C4 | ▧ 25A7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Left-Pointing Pointer | Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill |
| 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 | 25A7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25C4 | U+25A7 |
| HTML Decimal | ◄ | ▧ |
| HTML Hex | ◄ | ▧ |
| CSS | \25C4 | \25A7 |
| JavaScript | \u{25C4} | \u{25A7} |
| Python | \u25c4 | \u25a7 |
| UTF-8 | e2 97 84 | e2 96 a7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Left-Pointing Pointer and Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill 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.