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Leftwards Arrow vs Short Backslanted South Arrow

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Short Backslanted South Arrow
2B4F
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⭏ 2B4F
Name Leftwards Arrow Short Backslanted South 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 2B4F
Unicode U+2190 U+2B4F
HTML Decimal ← ⭏
HTML Hex ← ⭏
CSS \2190 \2B4F
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{2B4F}
Python \u2190 \u2b4f
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 ad 8f

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Short Backslanted South 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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