Left Angle Bracket With Dot vs Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⦑ 2991 | ⧼ 29FC |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Angle Bracket With Dot | Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2991 | 29FC |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2991 | U+29FC |
| HTML Decimal | ⦑ | ⧼ |
| HTML Hex | ⦑ | ⧼ |
| CSS | \2991 | \29FC |
| JavaScript | \u{2991} | \u{29FC} |
| Python | \u2991 | \u29fc |
| UTF-8 | e2 a6 91 | e2 a7 bc |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Angle Bracket With Dot and Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket belong to the Math Symbols category and the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
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