Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket vs White Hourglass
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⦗ 2997 | ⧖ 29D6 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket | White Hourglass |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2997 | 29D6 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2997 | U+29D6 |
| HTML Decimal | ⦗ | ⧖ |
| HTML Hex | ⦗ | ⧖ |
| CSS | \2997 | \29D6 |
| JavaScript | \u{2997} | \u{29D6} |
| Python | \u2997 | \u29d6 |
| UTF-8 | e2 a6 97 | e2 a7 96 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Black Tortoise Shell Bracket and White Hourglass 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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