QUOTATION MARK vs LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | " U+0022 | “ U+201C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | QUOTATION MARK | LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Block | Basic Latin | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0022 | U+201C |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0022 | U+201C |
| decimal | 34 | 8220 |
| htmldecimal | " | “ |
| htmlhex | " | “ |
| css | \0022 | \201C |
| javascript | \u{22} | \u{201C} |
| python | \u0022 | \u201c |
| java | \u0022 | \u201C |
| go | \u0022 | \u201C |
| ruby | \u{22} | \u{201C} |
| rust | \u{22} | \u{201C} |
| ccpp | \u0022 | \u201c |
| urlencoded | %22 | %E2%80%9C |
| utf8bytes | 22 | e2 80 9c |
| utf16bebytes | 00 22 | 20 1c |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 22 | 00 00 20 1c |
| htmlentity | " | “ |
How to Distinguish
Both characters use the Zyyy script but are in different blocks: QUOTATION MARK in Basic Latin and LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK in General Punctuation.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.