Degree Sign vs Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | ° 00B0 | ⧼ 29FC |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Degree Sign | Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket |
| 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 | 29FC |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B0 | U+29FC |
| HTML Decimal | ° | ⧼ |
| HTML Hex | ° | ⧼ |
| CSS | \00B0 | \29FC |
| JavaScript | \u{B0} | \u{29FC} |
| Python | \u00b0 | \u29fc |
| UTF-8 | c2 b0 | e2 a7 bc |
How to Distinguish
Both Degree Sign and Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket 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.