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Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Triple Dash Arrow

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Rightwards Triple Dash Arrow
290F
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⤏ 290F
Name Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Triple Dash Arrow
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 290F
Unicode U+2190 U+290F
HTML Decimal ← ⤏
HTML Hex ← ⤏
CSS \2190 \290F
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{290F}
Python \u2190 \u290f
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 a4 8f

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Triple Dash 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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