Black Up-Pointing Triangle vs White Down-Pointing Small Triangle
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Property Comparison
| Property | ▲ 25B2 | ▿ 25BF |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Up-Pointing Triangle | White Down-Pointing Small Triangle |
| 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 | 25B2 | 25BF |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25B2 | U+25BF |
| HTML Decimal | ▲ | ▿ |
| HTML Hex | ▲ | ▿ |
| CSS | \25B2 | \25BF |
| JavaScript | \u{25B2} | \u{25BF} |
| Python | \u25b2 | \u25bf |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 b2 | e2 96 bf |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Up-Pointing Triangle and White Down-Pointing Small Triangle belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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