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Leftwards Arrow vs Short Slanted North Arrow

Leftwards Arrow
2190
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Short Slanted North Arrow
2B4E
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Property Comparison

Property ← 2190 ⭎ 2B4E
Name Leftwards Arrow Short Slanted North 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 2B4E
Unicode U+2190 U+2B4E
HTML Decimal ← ⭎
HTML Hex ← ⭎
CSS \2190 \2B4E
JavaScript \u{2190} \u{2B4E}
Python \u2190 \u2b4e
UTF-8 e2 86 90 e2 ad 8e

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow and Short Slanted North 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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