Left Angle Bracket vs Left Black Lenticular Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | 〈 3008 | 【 3010 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Angle Bracket | Left Black Lenticular Bracket |
| Category | Brackets & Braces | Brackets & Braces |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 3008 | 3010 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+3008 | U+3010 |
| HTML Decimal | 〈 | 【 |
| HTML Hex | 〈 | 【 |
| CSS | \3008 | \3010 |
| JavaScript | \u{3008} | \u{3010} |
| Python | \u3008 | \u3010 |
| UTF-8 | e3 80 88 | e3 80 90 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Angle Bracket and Left Black Lenticular Bracket belong to the Brackets & Braces category and the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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