Left Angle Bracket vs Right-Pointing Angle Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | 〈 3008 | 〉 232A |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Angle Bracket | Right-Pointing Angle Bracket |
| Category | Brackets & Braces | Brackets & Braces |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation | Miscellaneous Technical |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Close Punctuation (Pe) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 3008 | 232A |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+3008 | U+232A |
| HTML Decimal | 〈 | 〉 |
| HTML Hex | 〈 | 〉 |
| CSS | \3008 | \232A |
| JavaScript | \u{3008} | \u{232A} |
| Python | \u3008 | \u232a |
| UTF-8 | e3 80 88 | e2 8c aa |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Angle Bracket and Right-Pointing 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.