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Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem vs Upwards Arrow

Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem
2B38
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Upwards Arrow
2191
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Property Comparison

Property ⬸ 2B38 ↑ 2191
Name Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem Upwards 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 2191
Unicode U+2B38 U+2191
HTML Decimal ⬸ ↑
HTML Hex ⬸ ↑
CSS \2B38 \2191
JavaScript \u{2B38} \u{2191}
Python \u2b38 \u2191
UTF-8 e2 ac b8 e2 86 91

How to Distinguish

Both Leftwards Arrow With Dotted Stem and Upwards 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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