Symbol For Backspace vs Symbol For Delete
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Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2408 | 2421 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2408 | U+2421 |
| HTML Decimal | ␈ | ␡ |
| HTML Hex | ␈ | ␡ |
| CSS | \2408 | \2421 |
| JavaScript | \u{2408} | \u{2421} |
| Python | \u2408 | \u2421 |
| UTF-8 | e2 90 88 | e2 90 a1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Symbol For Backspace and Symbol For Delete belong to the Technical category and the Control Pictures block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.