Degree Sign vs Left Angle Bracket With Dot
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Property Comparison
| Property | ° 00B0 | ⦑ 2991 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Degree Sign | Left Angle Bracket With Dot |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B0 | 2991 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B0 | U+2991 |
| HTML Decimal | ° | ⦑ |
| HTML Hex | ° | ⦑ |
| CSS | \00B0 | \2991 |
| JavaScript | \u{B0} | \u{2991} |
| Python | \u00b0 | \u2991 |
| UTF-8 | c2 b0 | e2 a6 91 |
How to Distinguish
Both Degree Sign and Left Angle Bracket With Dot 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()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.