Leftwards Arrow vs Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards
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Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2190 | 21BD |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2190 | U+21BD |
| HTML Decimal | ← | ↽ |
| HTML Hex | ← | ↽ |
| CSS | \2190 | \21BD |
| JavaScript | \u{2190} | \u{21BD} |
| Python | \u2190 | \u21bd |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 90 | e2 86 bd |
How to Distinguish
Both Leftwards Arrow and Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Downwards belong to the Arrows category and the Arrows block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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