SymbolFYI

Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Arrow With Hook

Leftwards Arrow
2190
View details →
Rightwards Arrow With Hook
21AA
View details →
VS

Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ↪ 21AA
Name Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Arrow With Hook
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Other Symbol (So)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2190 21AA
Unicode U+2190 U+21AA
HTML Decimal ← ↪
HTML Hex ← ↪
CSS \2190 \21AA
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{21AA}
Python \u2190 \u21aa
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 86 aa

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Arrow With Hook 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.

Related Comparisons

← Leftwards Arrow details ↪ Rightwards Arrow With Hook details All Comparisons