Leftwards Arrow vs Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2190 | 21FD |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2190 | U+21FD |
| HTML Decimal | ← | ⇽ |
| HTML Hex | ← | ⇽ |
| CSS | \2190 | \21FD |
| JavaScript | \u{2190} | \u{21FD} |
| Python | \u2190 | \u21fd |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 90 | e2 87 bd |
How to Distinguish
Both Leftwards Arrow and Leftwards Open-Headed Arrow belong to the Arrows category and the Arrows block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.