# “ U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK

Opening double curly quote, a smart quotation mark shaped like two turned commas, used to begin quotations.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `“` |
| Codepoint | U+201C |
| Name | LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Also known as | double 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 | `\201C` |
| JavaScript | `\u201C` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 9C |
| UTF-16 | 201C |

## Notes

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

## Related characters

- ‛ [U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201B)
- ” [U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201D)
- ‚ [U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201A)
- „ [U+201E DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201E)
- ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2019)
- ‟ [U+201F DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201F)
- ‘ [U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2018)
- † [U+2020 DAGGER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2020)
- ‗ [U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2017)
- ‡ [U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2021)
- ‖ [U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2016)
- • [U+2022 BULLET](https://unicodekit.com/char/2022)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/201C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/201C