Dot Operator vs Proportional To
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ⋅ 22C5 | ∝ 221D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dot Operator | Proportional To |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Mathematical Operators | Mathematical Operators |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Math Symbol (Sm) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 22C5 | 221D |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+22C5 | U+221D |
| HTML Decimal | ⋅ | ∝ |
| HTML Hex | ⋅ | ∝ |
| CSS | \22C5 | \221D |
| JavaScript | \u{22C5} | \u{221D} |
| Python | \u22c5 | \u221d |
| UTF-8 | e2 8b 85 | e2 88 9d |
How to Distinguish
Both Dot Operator and Proportional To belong to the Math Symbols category and the Mathematical Operators block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.