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Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Rightwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow
2B6C
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⭬ 2B6C
Name Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow
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 2B6C
Unicode U+2190 U+2B6C
HTML Decimal ← ⭬
HTML Hex ← ⭬
CSS \2190 \2B6C
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{2B6C}
Python \u2190 \u2b6c
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 ad ac

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Triangle-Headed Dashed Arrow 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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