Downwards Arrow vs Left Right Open-Headed Arrow

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Downwards Arrow

2193

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Left Right Open-Headed Arrow

21FF

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Property Comparison

Property	↓ 2193	⇿ 21FF
Name	Downwards Arrow	Left Right Open-Headed Arrow
Category	Arrows	Arrows
Block	Arrows	Arrows
Script	Zyyy	Zyyy
General Category	Math Symbol (Sm)	Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional	ON	ON

Encoding Comparison

Format	2193	21FF
Unicode	U+2193	U+21FF
HTML Decimal	↓	⇿
HTML Hex	↓	⇿
CSS	\2193	\21FF
JavaScript	\u{2193}	\u{21FF}
Python	\u2193	\u21ff
UTF-8	e2 86 93	e2 87 bf

How to Distinguish

Both Downwards Arrow and Left Right Open-Headed Arrow belong to the Arrows category and the Arrows 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.

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↓ vs → Rightwards Arrow ↓ vs ← Leftwards Arrow ↓ vs ↑ Upwards Arrow ↓ vs ⇒ Rightwards Double Arrow

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