Circled Less-Than vs Greek Small Letter Pi
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⧀ 29C0 | π 03C0 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Circled Less-Than | Greek Small Letter Pi |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Zyyy | Grek |
| General Category | Math Symbol (Sm) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | ON | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 29C0 | 03C0 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+29C0 | U+03C0 |
| HTML Decimal | ⧀ | π |
| HTML Hex | ⧀ | π |
| CSS | \29C0 | \03C0 |
| JavaScript | \u{29C0} | \u{3C0} |
| Python | \u29c0 | \u03c0 |
| UTF-8 | e2 a7 80 | cf 80 |
How to Distinguish
Both Circled Less-Than and Greek Small Letter Pi are in the Math Symbols category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
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