Degree Sign vs Image Of Or Approximately Equal To
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Property Comparison
| Property | ° 00B0 | ≓ 2253 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Degree Sign | Image Of Or Approximately Equal To |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Mathematical Operators |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B0 | 2253 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B0 | U+2253 |
| HTML Decimal | ° | ≓ |
| HTML Hex | ° | ≓ |
| CSS | \00B0 | \2253 |
| JavaScript | \u{B0} | \u{2253} |
| Python | \u00b0 | \u2253 |
| UTF-8 | c2 b0 | e2 89 93 |
How to Distinguish
Both Degree Sign and Image Of Or Approximately Equal To are in the Math Symbols category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
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charCodeAt()
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