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Downwards Arrow vs Equals Sign Above Leftwards Arrow

Downwards Arrow
2193
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Equals Sign Above Leftwards Arrow
2B40
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Property Comparison

Property ↓ 2193 ⭀ 2B40
Name Downwards Arrow Equals Sign Above Leftwards Arrow
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2193 2B40
Unicode U+2193 U+2B40
HTML Decimal ↓ ⭀
HTML Hex ↓ ⭀
CSS \2193 \2B40
JavaScript \u{2193} \u{2B40}
Python \u2193 \u2b40
UTF-8 e2 86 93 e2 ad 80

How to Distinguish

Both Downwards Arrow and Equals Sign Above Leftwards Arrow are in the Arrows 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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