LESS-THAN SIGN vs SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
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Property Comparison
| Property | < U+003C | ‹ U+2039 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LESS-THAN SIGN | SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Block | Basic Latin | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Math Symbol (Sm) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+003C | U+2039 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+003C | U+2039 |
| decimal | 60 | 8249 |
| htmldecimal | < | ‹ |
| htmlhex | < | ‹ |
| css | \003C | \2039 |
| javascript | \u{3C} | \u{2039} |
| python | \u003c | \u2039 |
| java | \u003C | \u2039 |
| go | \u003C | \u2039 |
| ruby | \u{3C} | \u{2039} |
| rust | \u{3C} | \u{2039} |
| ccpp | \u003c | \u2039 |
| urlencoded | %3C | %E2%80%B9 |
| utf8bytes | 3c | e2 80 b9 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 3c | 20 39 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 3c | 00 00 20 39 |
| htmlentity | < | ‹ |
How to Distinguish
Both characters use the Zyyy script but are in different blocks: LESS-THAN SIGN in Basic Latin and SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK in General Punctuation.
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