U+275E "❞" Heavy Double Comma Quotation Mark Ornament Unicode Character

U+275E "❞" Heavy Double Comma Quotation Mark Ornament is a decorative typographic symbol that belongs to the Dingbats block, used primarily to provide a stylized and visually robust alternative to standard quotation marks in ornamental or formal text. Its design features a bold, doubled comma shape with a pronounced curvature, making it suitable for enclosing quotes in titles, headings, or creative writing where an elegant or emphatic appearance is desired. This character helps distinguish quoted material in typesetting and is often paired with its opening counterpart, the Heavy Double Comma Quotation Mark Ornament (U+275D), to maintain visual harmony in ornate document design or digital publishing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+275E
Version Added	1.1
Name	Heavy Double 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 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x275E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000275E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u275e

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