Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark vs Right Double Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | « 00AB | ” 201D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark | Right Double Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Final Punctuation (Pf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00AB | 201D |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00AB | U+201D |
| HTML Decimal | « | ” |
| HTML Hex | « | ” |
| CSS | \00AB | \201D |
| JavaScript | \u{AB} | \u{201D} |
| Python | \u00ab | \u201d |
| UTF-8 | c2 ab | e2 80 9d |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark and Right Double 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.