What is Left Double Quotation Mark (U+201C)?

Left Double Quotation Mark is the Unicode character U+201C (decimal 8220). It belongs to the Initial Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: “

What is Right Double Quotation Mark (U+201D)?

Right Double Quotation Mark is the Unicode character U+201D (decimal 8221). It belongs to the Final Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: ”

What is Quotation Mark (U+0022)?

Quotation Mark is the Unicode character U+0022 (decimal 34). It belongs to the Other Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: "

What is Left Single Quotation Mark (U+2018)?

Left Single Quotation Mark is the Unicode character U+2018 (decimal 8216). It belongs to the Initial Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: ‘

What is Right Single Quotation Mark (U+2019)?

Right Single Quotation Mark is the Unicode character U+2019 (decimal 8217). It belongs to the Final Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: ’

What is Apostrophe (U+0027)?

Apostrophe is the Unicode character U+0027 (decimal 39). It belongs to the Other Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: '

Curly Quotes vs Straight Quotes

Compare typographic curly quotes with straight ASCII quotes -- left/right double and single quotation marks vs their straight equivalents.

Left Double Quotation Mark

U+201C

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Right Double Quotation Mark

U+201D

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Quotation Mark

U+0022

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Left Single Quotation Mark

U+2018

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Right Single Quotation Mark

U+2019

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Apostrophe

U+0027

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Detailed Comparison

Property	Left Double Quotation Mark	Right Double Quotation Mark	Quotation Mark	Left Single Quotation Mark	Right Single Quotation Mark	Apostrophe
Character	“	”	"	‘	’	'
Code Point	U+201C	U+201D	U+0022	U+2018	U+2019	U+0027
Decimal	8220	8221	34	8216	8217	39
Unicode Name	LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK	RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK	QUOTATION MARK	LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK	RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK	APOSTROPHE
Category	Initial Punctuation	Final Punctuation	Other Punctuation	Initial Punctuation	Final Punctuation	Other Punctuation
Block
HTML	“	”	"	‘	’	'
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