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Left Double Quote HTML entity “
“ is the HTML entity for Left Double Quote “ (U+201C). Copy the decimal “ and hex “ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
“- Also written
“- Code point
- U+201C
- Unicode name
- LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
- Block
- General Punctuation
- Category
- Initial quote (Pi)
- 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. | |
| CSS | content: "\201C";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u201C"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u201c"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%80%9CPercent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 9C3 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 201C1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The opening curly double quote. In German it is the closing mark, paired with the low quote „. The <q> element adds the right quotes for the page language automatically.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More punctuation and typography
„Double Low Quote’Right Single Quote†Dagger‘Left Single Quote‡Double Dagger‖Double Vertical Line•Bullet―Horizontal Bar
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).