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Left Double Quotation Mark Symbol “
Left Double Quotation Mark Symbol Information
| Symbol Name | Left Double Quotation Mark |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June 1993) |
| Unicode | U+201C |
| CSS Code | \201C |
| HTML Entity | “ |
| Hex Code | “ |
| HTML Code | “ |
| Symbol | “ |
Left Double Quotation Mark Symbol Encoding
| UTF-8 | 0xE2 0x80 0x9C |
| UTF-16 | 0x201C |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000201C |
How to add left double quotation mark symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems
You can type the left double quotation mark symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
How to type left double quotation mark symbol on Microsoft Word
You can type the left double quotation mark in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 201C
- Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
- The original 201C is now transformed into “
How to type left double quotation mark symbol on Microsoft Windows
You can type the left double quotation mark on Microsoft windows using following steps:
- Hold Alt and press to type left double quotation mark on your windows machine.
How to type left double quotation mark symbol on Mac OS
You can type the left double quotation mark on Mac OS using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
- Type "Left Double Quotation Mark" in the search field at the top and press Enter
- The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text


How to type left double quotation mark symbol on Linux
You can type the left double quotation mark on Linux using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
- Press keys 201C consecutively
- And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document
How to type left double quotation mark symbol on IOS and Android
The easiest way to type the left double quotation mark symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.
How to use left double quotation mark in CSS
//CSS Example
1span {
2 content: \201C;
3 }How to use left double quotation mark in HTML
//HTML Example
1<span>“</span>Left Double Quotation Mark symbol representation in programming languages
Left Double Quotation Marksymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| Rust | \u{201C} |
| Ruby | \u{201C} |
| Python | \u201C |
| PHP | \u{201C} |
| Perl | \x{201C} |
| Java | \u201C |
| Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 | \u{201C} |
| JavaScript | \u201C |
| Go | \u201C |
| C# | \u201C |
| C and C++ | \u201C |
| Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e | \u201C |
| RFC 5137 | \u'201C' |
