Left Angle Bracket vs Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | 〈 3008 | ⟪ 27EA |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Angle Bracket | Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket |
| Category | Brackets & Braces | Brackets & Braces |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 3008 | 27EA |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+3008 | U+27EA |
| HTML Decimal | 〈 | ⟪ |
| HTML Hex | 〈 | ⟪ |
| CSS | \3008 | \27EA |
| JavaScript | \u{3008} | \u{27EA} |
| Python | \u3008 | \u27ea |
| UTF-8 | e3 80 88 | e2 9f aa |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Angle Bracket and Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket are in the Brackets & Braces 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.