Light Rail vs Metro
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Property Comparison
| Property | ๐ 1F688 | ๐ 1F687 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Light Rail | Metro |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Transport and Map Symbols | Transport and Map Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F688 | 1F687 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F688 | U+1F687 |
| HTML Decimal | 🚈 | 🚇 |
| HTML Hex | 🚈 | 🚇 |
| CSS | \1F688 | \1F687 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F688} | \u{1F687} |
| Python | \U0001f688 | \U0001f687 |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 9a 88 | f0 9f 9a 87 |
How to Distinguish
Both Light Rail and Metro belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Transport and Map Symbols block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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