U+201E "„" Double Low-9 Quotation Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+201E "„" Double Low-9 Quotation Mark is a typographic glyph used as an opening quotation mark in several European languages, including German, Polish, and Romanian, where it typically appears at the baseline level before quoted text. It visually resembles two small commas or a pair of low-9 digits aligned at the bottom of the line, distinguishing it from standard high quotation marks. This character is part of the General Punctuation block in the Unicode standard and is often paired with a closing high quotation mark, such as U+201C or U+201D, to frame a quote. Its design supports cultural and regional typesetting conventions, ensuring clear and correct punctuation in multilingual digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+201E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Double Low-9 Quotation Mark |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Low Double Comma Quotation Mark |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Open Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | „ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | „ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x80 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x201E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000201E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u201e |