Left-Pointing Angle Bracket vs Mathematical Left Angle Bracket
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Property Comparison
| Property | 〈 2329 | ⟨ 27E8 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-Pointing Angle Bracket | Mathematical Left Angle Bracket |
| Category | Brackets & Braces | Brackets & Braces |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Open Punctuation (Ps) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2329 | 27E8 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2329 | U+27E8 |
| HTML Decimal | 〈 | ⟨ |
| HTML Hex | 〈 | ⟨ |
| CSS | \2329 | \27E8 |
| JavaScript | \u{2329} | \u{27E8} |
| Python | \u2329 | \u27e8 |
| UTF-8 | e2 8c a9 | e2 9f a8 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-Pointing Angle Bracket and Mathematical Left 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.