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Long Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Arrow

Long Leftwards Arrow
27F5
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Rightwards Arrow
2192
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VS

Property Comparison

Property ⟵ 27F5 → 2192
Name Long Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Arrow
Category Arrows Arrows
Block Supplemental Arrows-A Arrows
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ON

Encoding Comparison

Format 27F5 2192
Unicode U+27F5 U+2192
HTML Decimal ⟵ →
HTML Hex ⟵ →
CSS \27F5 \2192
JavaScript \u{27F5} \u{2192}
Python \u27f5 \u2192
UTF-8 e2 9f b5 e2 86 92

How to Distinguish

Both Long Leftwards Arrow 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

⟵ Long Leftwards Arrow details → Rightwards Arrow details All Comparisons