Right Double Quotation Mark vs Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | ” 201D | ‹ 2039 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Right Double Quotation Mark | Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Final Punctuation (Pf) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 201D | 2039 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+201D | U+2039 |
| HTML Decimal | ” | ‹ |
| HTML Hex | ” | ‹ |
| CSS | \201D | \2039 |
| JavaScript | \u{201D} | \u{2039} |
| Python | \u201d | \u2039 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 9d | e2 80 b9 |
How to Distinguish
Both Right Double Quotation Mark and Single Left-Pointing Angle 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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