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Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem vs Rightwards Arrow

Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem
2B38
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Rightwards Arrow
2192
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Property Comparison

Property ⬸ 2B38 → 2192
Name Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem Rightwards Arrow
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 2B38 2192
Unicode U+2B38 U+2192
HTML Decimal ⬸ →
HTML Hex ⬸ →
CSS \2B38 \2192
JavaScript \u{2B38} \u{2192}
Python \u2b38 \u2192
UTF-8 e2 ac b8 e2 86 92

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem and 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.

Related Comparisons

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