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Leftwards Arrow vs Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Double Horizontal Stroke

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Double Horizontal Stroke
2B7A
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⭺ 2B7A
Name Leftwards Arrow Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Double Horizontal Stroke
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Other Symbol (So)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2190 2B7A
Unicode U+2190 U+2B7A
HTML Decimal ← ⭺
HTML Hex ← ⭺
CSS \2190 \2B7A
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{2B7A}
Python \u2190 \u2b7a
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 ad ba

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Double Horizontal Stroke 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.

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