Left Half Black Star vs Leftwards Arrow
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2BE8 | 2190 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2BE8 | U+2190 |
| HTML Decimal | ⯨ | ← |
| HTML Hex | ⯨ | ← |
| CSS | \2BE8 | \2190 |
| JavaScript | \u{2BE8} | \u{2190} |
| Python | \u2be8 | \u2190 |
| UTF-8 | e2 af a8 | e2 86 90 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Half Black Star and Leftwards Arrow are in the Arrows 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.