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Long Leftwards Arrow vs Rightwards Double Arrow

Long Leftwards Arrow
27F5
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Rightwards Double Arrow
21D2
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Property Comparison

Property ⟵ 27F5 ⇒ 21D2
Name Long Leftwards Arrow Rightwards Double 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 21D2
Unicode U+27F5 U+21D2
HTML Decimal ⟵ ⇒
HTML Hex ⟵ ⇒
CSS \27F5 \21D2
JavaScript \u{27F5} \u{21D2}
Python \u27f5 \u21d2
UTF-8 e2 9f b5 e2 87 92

How to Distinguish

Both Long Leftwards Arrow and Rightwards Double 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 Double Arrow details All Comparisons