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Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Arrow Through Greater-Than

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Rightwards Arrow Through Greater-Than
2B43
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⭃ 2B43
Name Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Arrow Through Greater-Than
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2190 2B43
Unicode U+2190 U+2B43
HTML Decimal ← ⭃
HTML Hex ← ⭃
CSS \2190 \2B43
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{2B43}
Python \u2190 \u2b43
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 ad 83

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Arrow Through Greater-Than 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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