U+201B "‛" Single High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+201B "‛" Single High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark is a typographic symbol that resembles an apostrophe or single quotation mark flipped upside down, often used as a closing single quotation mark in certain European languages or as an opening mark in others, depending on context and style. It belongs to the General Punctuation block and is distinct from the more common U+2018 left single quotation mark, as its design is based on a reversed or inverted version of the standard high comma shape, sometimes appearing in linguistic notation or specialized typesetting where directional quotation marks are required. Its primary function is to indicate a quotation within a quotation, following a set of predefined rules in Unicode for paired punctuation, though it is less frequently used in modern digital text compared to the straight apostrophe or standard curly quotes.

General Properties

Code Point U+201B
Version Added 1.1
Name Single High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark
Unicode 1.0 Name Single Reversed Comma Quotation Mark
Block General Punctuation
General Category Initial Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ‛
HTML Hex Encoding ‛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x80 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x201B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000201B
C/C++/Java Escape \u201b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Quotation
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Quotation Mark Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Close