Left Double Quotation Mark vs Left Single Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | “ 201C | ‘ 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left Double Quotation Mark | Left Single Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 201C | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+201C | U+2018 |
| HTML Decimal | “ | ‘ |
| HTML Hex | “ | ‘ |
| CSS | \201C | \2018 |
| JavaScript | \u{201C} | \u{2018} |
| Python | \u201c | \u2018 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 9c | e2 80 98 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left Double Quotation Mark and Left Single Quotation Mark belong to the Quotation Marks category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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