Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark vs Left Single Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | « 00AB | ‘ 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark | Left Single Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00AB | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00AB | U+2018 |
| HTML Decimal | « | ‘ |
| HTML Hex | « | ‘ |
| CSS | \00AB | \2018 |
| JavaScript | \u{AB} | \u{2018} |
| Python | \u00ab | \u2018 |
| UTF-8 | c2 ab | e2 80 98 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark 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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