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Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Double Arrow-Tail

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Rightwards Double Arrow-Tail
291C
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⤜ 291C
Name Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Double Arrow-Tail
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Arrows Supplemental Arrows-B
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2190 291C
Unicode U+2190 U+291C
HTML Decimal ← ⤜
HTML Hex ← ⤜
CSS \2190 \291C
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{291C}
Python \u2190 \u291c
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 a4 9c

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Double Arrow-Tail 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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