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Increment vs Plus-Minus Sign

Increment
2206
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±
Plus-Minus Sign
00B1
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VS

Property Comparison

Property ∆ 2206 ± 00B1
Name Increment Plus-Minus Sign
Category Math Symbols Math Symbols
Block Mathematical Operators Latin-1 Supplement
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ET

Encoding Comparison

Format 2206 00B1
Unicode U+2206 U+00B1
HTML Decimal ∆ ±
HTML Hex ∆ ±
CSS \2206 \00B1
JavaScript \u{2206} \u{B1}
Python \u2206 \u00b1
UTF-8 e2 88 86 c2 b1

How to Distinguish

Both Increment and Plus-Minus Sign are in the Math Symbols 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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