Leftwards Arrow vs Up Down Arrow
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2190 | 2195 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2190 | U+2195 |
| HTML Decimal | ← | ↕ |
| HTML Hex | ← | ↕ |
| CSS | \2190 | \2195 |
| JavaScript | \u{2190} | \u{2195} |
| Python | \u2190 | \u2195 |
| UTF-8 | e2 86 90 | e2 86 95 |
How to Distinguish
Both Leftwards Arrow and Up Down Arrow belong to the Arrows category and the Arrows block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.