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Downwards Arrow vs Leftwards Double Dash Arrow

Downwards Arrow
2193
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Leftwards Double Dash Arrow
290C
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Property Comparison

Property ↓ 2193 ⤌ 290C
Name Downwards Arrow Leftwards Double Dash Arrow
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Supplemental Arrows-B
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2193 290C
Unicode U+2193 U+290C
HTML Decimal ↓ ⤌
HTML Hex ↓ ⤌
CSS \2193 \290C
JavaScript \u{2193} \u{290C}
Python \u2193 \u290c
UTF-8 e2 86 93 e2 a4 8c

How to Distinguish

Both Downwards Arrow and Leftwards Double Dash 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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