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Left Single Quotation Mark
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2018 · General Punctuation · Zyyy
About Left Single Quotation Mark
Opening single quotation mark (U+2018) from the General Punctuation block used in British English for primary quotation and American English for nested quotes. Also used as an apostrophe substitute in some contexts.
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Encodings
| Unicode | U+2018 | |
| HTML Decimal | ‘ | |
| HTML Hex | ‘ | |
| CSS | \2018 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2018} | |
| Python | \u2018 | |
| Java | \u2018 | |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 98 | |
| UTF-16 | 20 18 | |
| URL Encoded | %E2%80%98 |
Unicode Properties
Block
General Punctuation
Script
Zyyy
Category
Initial Punctuation (Pi)
Bidirectional
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ‘ Left Single Quotation Mark symbol?
‘ is the Left Single Quotation Mark symbol, encoded at Unicode 2018.
What is the Unicode codepoint of Left Single Quotation Mark?
The Left Single Quotation Mark symbol (‘) has codepoint 2018.
How do I type or copy Left Single Quotation Mark?
Copy ‘ directly, or use the HTML entity, CSS, JavaScript, and Python encodings shown on this page.