Degree Sign vs Left Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner
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Property Comparison
| Property | ° 00B0 | ⦍ 298D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Degree Sign | Left Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner |
| 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 | 298D |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B0 | U+298D |
| HTML Decimal | ° | ⦍ |
| HTML Hex | ° | ⦍ |
| CSS | \00B0 | \298D |
| JavaScript | \u{B0} | \u{298D} |
| Python | \u00b0 | \u298d |
| UTF-8 | c2 b0 | e2 a6 8d |
How to Distinguish
Both Degree Sign and Left Square Bracket With Tick In Top Corner are in the Math Symbols category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
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in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.