U+275D "❝" Heavy Double Turned Comma Quotation Mark Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❝
U+275D "❝" Heavy Double Turned Comma Quotation Mark Ornament is a decorative punctuation mark consisting of two mirrored, thick comma like shapes that curl inward, typically used as an ornamental opening quotation mark in typographic designs. Unlike standard quotation marks, this character is part of the Dingbats block and is intended for visual embellishment in headings, posters, or stylized text rather than for conventional grammatical quoting. It pairs aesthetically with its closing counterpart, U+275E, and is commonly found in graphic design, scrapbooking, or digital art to add a whimsical or ornate flair.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+275D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Double Turned Comma Quotation Mark Ornament |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ❝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ❝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9D 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x275D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000275D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u275d |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Close |