U+201D · Final quote
HTML entity
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Right Double Quotation Mark Symbol ”
” is right double quotation mark. Write it in HTML as ” or paste the character directly. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Final quote.
Also known as
- double comma quotation mark
Unicode 1.0 called this character double comma quotation mark. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+201D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ” | |
| HTML decimal | ” | |
| CSS | \201D | |
| JavaScript | \u{201D} | |
| Python | \U0000201D | |
| Java / C# | \u201D | |
| Rust | \u{201d} | |
| Swift | \u{201D} | |
| PHP | \u{201D} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%80%9D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 9D | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 201D | |
| Base64 | 4oCd | |
| Decimal | 8221 | |
| HTML entity | ” | |
| Category | Final quote (Pf) | |
| 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 General Punctuation
The typographic marks that word processors quietly substitute for their ASCII lookalikes — real quotation marks, en and em dashes, the ellipsis. It also holds the invisible characters: zero-width spaces, joiners and directional marks that do work without drawing anything.
How to type ”
| Windows | Type 201D then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “right double quotation mark” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 201d, press Enter |
| HTML | ” |
About Unicode’s Final quote category
This is a final quotation mark. Its partner varies by language, so the same character can open a quote in one locale and close it in another.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ” right double quotation mark symbol?
- On Windows, type 201D and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 201d. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ”?
- Right Double Quotation Mark is U+201D, written in HTML as ”. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ”?
- Right Double Quotation Mark is filed under Final quote in the General Punctuation block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. This is a final quotation mark. Its partner varies by language, so the same character can open a quote in one locale and close it in another.