Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket vs Squared Asterisk
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⧼ 29FC | ⧆ 29C6 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket | Squared Asterisk |
| 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 | 29FC | 29C6 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+29FC | U+29C6 |
| HTML Decimal | ⧼ | ⧆ |
| HTML Hex | ⧼ | ⧆ |
| CSS | \29FC | \29C6 |
| JavaScript | \u{29FC} | \u{29C6} |
| Python | \u29fc | \u29c6 |
| UTF-8 | e2 a7 bc | e2 a7 86 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket and Squared Asterisk 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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