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U+301E · Closing punctuation

Double Prime Quotation Mark Symbol 〞

〞 is double prime quotation mark, U+301E, in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Closing punctuation.

What Unicode says about 〞

this is a mistaken analogue to 201D; 301F is preferred

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

UnicodeU+301E
HTML hex〞
HTML decimal〞
CSS\301E
JavaScript\u{301E}
Python\U0000301E
Java / C#\u301E
Rust\u{301e}
Swift\u{301E}
PHP\u{301E}
URL encoded%E3%80%9E
UTF-8 bytesE3 80 9E
UTF-16 bytes301E
Base6444Ce
Decimal12318
CategoryClosing punctuation (Pe)
IntroducedUnicode 1.1

Will 〞 survive being pasted?

  • Normalisation. Yes. 〞 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
  • Legacy encodings. 〞 is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
  • Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Unicode cross-references

The standard points readers of 〞 at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.

Other quotation characters

Unicode names 14 characters ending in “quotation”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.

Nearby in CJK Symbols and Punctuation

The punctuation Chinese, Japanese and Korean typography needs — the ideographic full stop and comma, corner brackets, the iteration mark, and the wave dash.

All 48 characters in CJK Symbols and Punctuation →

How to type 〞

WindowsType 301E then press Alt+X
macOSPress Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “double prime quotation mark”
LinuxPress Ctrl+Shift+U, type 301e, press Enter
HTML〞

About Unicode’s Closing punctuation category

This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the 〞 double prime quotation mark symbol?
On Windows, type 301E and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 301e. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for 〞?
Double Prime Quotation Mark is U+301E. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is 〞?
Double Prime Quotation Mark is filed under Closing punctuation in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.