¶PunctuationPunctuationGeneral PunctuationReviewed 2026-08-11

LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK

LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK is a character in the General Punctuation Unicode block.

U+201C · 15.1.0 · Common script

About this character

LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK (U+201C) belongs to the General Punctuation block with Unicode general category Pi. Copy it as UTF-8, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Python from its character page.

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FormatValueAction
UTF-8E2 80 9C
UTF-16201C
HTML“ / “
CSS\00201C
JavaScript\u201c
Python\u201c
URL%E2%80%9C

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