Leftwards Arrow vs Overlapping White Squares
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2190 | 2BBA |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2190 | U+2BBA |
| HTML Decimal | ← | ⮺ |
| HTML Hex | ← | ⮺ |
| CSS | \2190 | \2BBA |
| JavaScript | \u{2190} | \u{2BBA} |
| Python | \u2190 | \u2bba |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 90 | e2 ae ba |
How to Distinguish
Both Leftwards Arrow and Overlapping White Squares 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.