LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK vs RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | “ U+201C | ” U+201D |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK | RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Final Punctuation (Pf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+201C | U+201D |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+201C | U+201D |
| decimal | 8220 | 8221 |
| htmldecimal | “ | ” |
| htmlhex | “ | ” |
| css | \201C | \201D |
| javascript | \u{201C} | \u{201D} |
| python | \u201c | \u201d |
| java | \u201C | \u201D |
| go | \u201C | \u201D |
| ruby | \u{201C} | \u{201D} |
| rust | \u{201C} | \u{201D} |
| ccpp | \u201c | \u201d |
| urlencoded | %E2%80%9C | %E2%80%9D |
| utf8bytes | e2 80 9c | e2 80 9d |
| utf16bebytes | 20 1c | 20 1d |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 20 1c | 00 00 20 1d |
| htmlentity | “ | ” |
How to Distinguish
Both LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK and RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK belong to the General Punctuation block and Zyyy script. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.