U+2019 "’" Right Single Quotation Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2019 "’" Right Single Quotation Mark is a typographic symbol primarily used in English and other languages to denote the closing of a single quotation, as in ‘quoted text’, or to represent an apostrophe in contractions like "don’t" and possessives such as "John’s book". It is distinct from the straight apostrophe (U+0027) or the left single quotation mark (U+2018), offering a more curved and aesthetically pleasing appearance in professional typesetting. This character also appears in certain contexts as a punctuation mark for glosses or transcribed speech, and its usage is standardized in Unicode to ensure consistent rendering across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2019 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Right Single Quotation Mark |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Single Comma Quotation Mark |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Final Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ’ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ’ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x80 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2019 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002019 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2019 |