Left Corner Bracket vs Left Single Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | 「 300C | ‘ 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Corner Bracket | Left Single Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Open Punctuation (Ps) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 300C | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+300C | U+2018 |
| HTML Decimal | 「 | ‘ |
| HTML Hex | 「 | ‘ |
| CSS | \300C | \2018 |
| JavaScript | \u{300C} | \u{2018} |
| Python | \u300c | \u2018 |
| UTF-8 | e3 80 8c | e2 80 98 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Corner Bracket and Left Single 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()
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