Left Angle Bracket With Dot vs Multiplication Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⦑ 2991 | × 00D7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Angle Bracket With Dot | Multiplication Sign |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2991 | 00D7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2991 | U+00D7 |
| HTML Decimal | ⦑ | × |
| HTML Hex | ⦑ | × |
| CSS | \2991 | \00D7 |
| JavaScript | \u{2991} | \u{D7} |
| Python | \u2991 | \u00d7 |
| UTF-8 | e2 a6 91 | c3 97 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Angle Bracket With Dot and Multiplication 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.