# ‘ U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

Opening single curly quote, a smart quote shaped like a turned comma, used to begin quoted text.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `‘` |
| Codepoint | U+2018 |
| Name | LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Also known as | single turned comma quotation mark |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `‘` `‘` |
| CSS | `\2018` |
| JavaScript | `\u2018` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 98 |
| UTF-16 | 2018 |

## Notes

- this is the preferred character (as opposed to 201B)

## Related characters

- ‗ [U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2017)
- ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2019)
- ‖ [U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2016)
- ‚ [U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201A)
- ― [U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2015)
- ‛ [U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201B)
- — [U+2014 EM DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2014)
- “ [U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201C)
- – [U+2013 EN DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2013)
- ” [U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201D)
- ‒ [U+2012 FIGURE DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2012)
- „ [U+201E DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2018 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2018