Downwards Arrow vs Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow

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Downwards Arrow

2193

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Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow

21FD

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Property Comparison

Property	↓ 2193	⇽ 21FD
Name	Downwards Arrow	Leftwards 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	21FD
Unicode	U+2193	U+21FD
HTML Decimal	↓	⇽
HTML Hex	↓	⇽
CSS	\2193	\21FD
JavaScript	\u{2193}	\u{21FD}
Python	\u2193	\u21fd
UTF-8	e2 86 93	e2 87 bd

How to Distinguish

Both Downwards Arrow and Leftwards 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.

Related Comparisons

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

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