Leftwards Arrow vs Subset Above Rightwards Arrow
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2190 | 2979 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2190 | U+2979 |
| HTML Decimal | ← | ⥹ |
| HTML Hex | ← | ⥹ |
| CSS | \2190 | \2979 |
| JavaScript | \u{2190} | \u{2979} |
| Python | \u2190 | \u2979 |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 90 | e2 a5 b9 |
How to Distinguish
Both Leftwards Arrow and Subset Above Rightwards 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.