Greek Small Letter Pi vs Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | π 03C0 | ⦗ 2997 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Greek Small Letter Pi | Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Greek and Coptic | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| Script | Grek | Zyyy |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | L | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 03C0 | 2997 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+03C0 | U+2997 |
| HTML Decimal | π | ⦗ |
| HTML Hex | π | ⦗ |
| CSS | \03C0 | \2997 |
| JavaScript | \u{3C0} | \u{2997} |
| Python | \u03c0 | \u2997 |
| UTF-8 | cf 80 | e2 a6 97 |
How to Distinguish
Both Greek Small Letter Pi and Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket are in the Math Symbols category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
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