Double Low-9 Quotation Mark vs Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | „ 201E | « 00AB |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Double Low-9 Quotation Mark | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | General Punctuation | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 201E | 00AB |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+201E | U+00AB |
| HTML Decimal | „ | « |
| HTML Hex | „ | « |
| CSS | \201E | \00AB |
| JavaScript | \u{201E} | \u{AB} |
| Python | \u201e | \u00ab |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 9e | c2 ab |
How to Distinguish
Both Double Low-9 Quotation Mark and Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark are in the Quotation Marks 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.