Left Double Quotation Mark vs Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | “ 201C | « 00AB |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Double Quotation Mark | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | General Punctuation | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 201C | 00AB |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+201C | U+00AB |
| HTML Decimal | “ | « |
| HTML Hex | “ | « |
| CSS | \201C | \00AB |
| JavaScript | \u{201C} | \u{AB} |
| Python | \u201c | \u00ab |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 9c | c2 ab |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Double 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.