Erase To The Left vs Open Box
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 232B | 2423 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+232B | U+2423 |
| HTML Decimal | ⌫ | ␣ |
| HTML Hex | ⌫ | ␣ |
| CSS | \232B | \2423 |
| JavaScript | \u{232B} | \u{2423} |
| Python | \u232b | \u2423 |
| UTF-8 | e2 8c ab | e2 90 a3 |
How to Distinguish
Both Erase To The Left and Open Box are in the Technical 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.