Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle vs Black Vertical Rectangle
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Property Comparison
| Property | ◂ 25C2 | ▮ 25AE |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle | Black Vertical Rectangle |
| 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 | 25C2 | 25AE |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25C2 | U+25AE |
| HTML Decimal | ◂ | ▮ |
| HTML Hex | ◂ | ▮ |
| CSS | \25C2 | \25AE |
| JavaScript | \u{25C2} | \u{25AE} |
| Python | \u25c2 | \u25ae |
| UTF-8 | e2 97 82 | e2 96 ae |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle and Black Vertical Rectangle belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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