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
| Unicode | U+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 bytes | E3 80 9E | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 301E | |
| Base64 | 44Ce | |
| Decimal | 12318 | |
| Category | Closing punctuation (Pe) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 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.
How to type 〞
| Windows | Type 301E then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “double prime quotation mark” |
| Linux | Press 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.