Division Sign vs Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis
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Property Comparison
| Property | ÷ 00F7 | ⟮ 27EE |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Division Sign | Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Math Symbol (Sm) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00F7 | 27EE |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00F7 | U+27EE |
| HTML Decimal | ÷ | ⟮ |
| HTML Hex | ÷ | ⟮ |
| CSS | \00F7 | \27EE |
| JavaScript | \u{F7} | \u{27EE} |
| Python | \u00f7 | \u27ee |
| UTF-8 | c3 b7 | e2 9f ae |
How to Distinguish
Both Division Sign and Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis 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.