„ is the Unicode character DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK, code point U+201E (decimal 8222) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write „, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 80 9E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+201E |
| Decimal | 8222 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 9E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 201E |
| UTF-32 | 0000201E |
| HTML decimal | „ |
| HTML hex | „ |
| HTML named | „ „ |
| CSS | \201E |
| JavaScript | \u201E |
| JSON | \u201E |
| Python | \u201E |
| Python by name | \N{DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK} |
| Java, C# | \u201E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{201E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u201E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%80%9E |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK |
| Code point | U+201E (decimal 8222) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Ps: Opening punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ‖ U+2016 Double Vertical Line
- ‗ U+2017 Double Low Line
- ‘ U+2018 Left Single Quotation Mark
- ’ U+2019 Right Single Quotation Mark
- ‚ U+201A Single Low-9 Quotation Mark
- ‛ U+201B Single High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark
- “ U+201C Left Double Quotation Mark
- ” U+201D Right Double Quotation Mark
- ‟ U+201F Double High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark
- † U+2020 Dagger
- ‡ U+2021 Double Dagger
- • U+2022 Bullet
- ‣ U+2023 Triangular Bullet
- ․ U+2024 One Dot Leader
- ‥ U+2025 Two Dot Leader
- … U+2026 Horizontal Ellipsis
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for „?
- Use the named entity „, or „ (decimal) or „ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+201E?
- E2 80 9E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%80%9E.
- How do I write U+201E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u201E. Python: \u201E.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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