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Division Slash vs Plus-Minus Sign

Division Slash
2215
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±
Plus-Minus Sign
00B1
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VS

Property Comparison

Property ∕ 2215 ± 00B1
Name Division Slash Plus-Minus Sign
Category Math Symbols Math Symbols
Block Mathematical Operators Latin-1 Supplement
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ET

Encoding Comparison

Format 2215 00B1
Unicode U+2215 U+00B1
HTML Decimal ∕ ±
HTML Hex ∕ ±
CSS \2215 \00B1
JavaScript \u{2215} \u{B1}
Python \u2215 \u00b1
UTF-8 e2 88 95 c2 b1

How to Distinguish

Both Division Slash and Plus-Minus Sign 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.

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