Downwards Arrow vs Overlapping Black Squares
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2193 | 2BBC |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2193 | U+2BBC |
| HTML Decimal | ↓ | ⮼ |
| HTML Hex | ↓ | ⮼ |
| CSS | \2193 | \2BBC |
| JavaScript | \u{2193} | \u{2BBC} |
| Python | \u2193 | \u2bbc |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 93 | e2 ae bc |
How to Distinguish
Both Downwards Arrow and Overlapping Black Squares 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.