Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag vs Sideways Black Left Pointing Index
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Property Comparison
| Property | 📭 1F4ED | 🖚 1F59A |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag | Sideways Black Left Pointing Index |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 1F4ED | 1F59A |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F4ED | U+1F59A |
| HTML Decimal | 📭 | 🖚 |
| HTML Hex | 📭 | 🖚 |
| CSS | \1F4ED | \1F59A |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4ED} | \u{1F59A} |
| Python | \U0001f4ed | \U0001f59a |
| UTF-8 | f0 9f 93 ad | f0 9f 96 9a |
How to Distinguish
Both Open Mailbox With Lowered Flag and Sideways Black Left Pointing Index belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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