Mathematical Falling Diagonal vs Reverse Solidus
Compare two Unicode characters side by side — encodings, HTML entities, escape sequences, and Unicode properties. Useful for distinguishing visually similar characters like hyphens and dashes, quotation marks, or homoglyphs.
Property Comparison
| Property | Mathematical Falling Diagonal | Reverse Solidus |
|---|---|---|
| Codepoint |
U+27CD
|
U+005C
|
| Decimal |
10189
|
92
|
| HTML Entity |
⟍
|
\
|
| HTML Decimal |
⟍
|
\
|
| HTML Hex |
⟍
|
\
|
| UTF-8 |
E2 9F 8D
|
5C
|
| UTF-16 |
27 CD
|
00 5C
|
| UTF-32 |
000027CD
|
0000005C
|
| CSS Escape |
\27CD
|
\5C
|
| JS Escape |
\u27CD
|
\u005C
|
| Python Escape |
\u27CD
|
\u005C
|
| URL Encoded |
%E2%9F%8D
|
%5C
|
| Category |
Math Symbol (Sm)
|
Other Punctuation (Po)
|
| Block |
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
|
Basic Latin
|
| Script |
Common
|
Common
|
| Bidi Class |
ON
|
ON
|
| Unicode Version |
6.1
|
1.1
|
Rows highlighted in amber differ between the two characters.
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