Double Low Quote HTML entity „

„ is the HTML entity for Double Low Quote „ (U+201E). Copy the decimal „ and hex „ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity
„
Also written
„
Code point
U+201E
Unicode name
DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
Block
General Punctuation
Category
Open punctuation (Ps)
Since
Unicode 1.1
Defined in
HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named„Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal„Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex„Works in HTML and XML.
CSScontent: "\201E";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript"\u201E"Also valid in JSON.
Python"\u201e"Python 3 string literal.
Python by name"\N{DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL%E2%80%9EPercent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytesE2 80 9E3 bytes.
UTF-16201E1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

The double low-9 quotation mark that opens a quotation in German, Polish, Czech and other languages: „Text“ in German.

The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).