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Single Left Angle Quote HTML entity ‹
‹ is the HTML entity for Single Left Angle Quote ‹ (U+2039). Copy ‹, ‹ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
‹- Code point
- U+2039
- Unicode name
- SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE 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: "\2039";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2039"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2039"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%80%B9Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 B93 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 20391 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The single guillemet, used for a quote within a quote in languages that use « ». Interfaces also use it as a 'previous' chevron, where an icon with a text label is clearer.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More punctuation and typography
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).