LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK vs RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
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Property Comparison
| Property | ‘ U+2018 | ’ U+2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK | RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Final Punctuation (Pf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+2018 | U+2019 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+2018 | U+2019 |
| decimal | 8216 | 8217 |
| htmldecimal | ‘ | ’ |
| htmlhex | ‘ | ’ |
| css | \2018 | \2019 |
| javascript | \u{2018} | \u{2019} |
| python | \u2018 | \u2019 |
| java | \u2018 | \u2019 |
| go | \u2018 | \u2019 |
| ruby | \u{2018} | \u{2019} |
| rust | \u{2018} | \u{2019} |
| ccpp | \u2018 | \u2019 |
| urlencoded | %E2%80%98 | %E2%80%99 |
| utf8bytes | e2 80 98 | e2 80 99 |
| utf16bebytes | 20 18 | 20 19 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 20 18 | 00 00 20 19 |
| htmlentity | ‘ | ’ |
How to Distinguish
Both LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK and RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK belong to the General Punctuation block and Zyyy script. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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