U+301D "〝" Reversed Double Prime Quotation Mark Unicode Character

U+301D "〝" Reversed Double Prime Quotation Mark is a punctuation symbol used primarily in East Asian typography, particularly in Japanese and Chinese text, to serve as an opening quotation mark. It is visually distinct from a standard double prime or quotation mark because of its reversed, often slightly angled orientation, resembling a mirrored or turned version of a typical double prime glyph. This character is part of the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block and is often paired with its closing counterpart U+301E "〞" to denote quoted speech, titles, or emphasized passages, though its usage has become less common in modern digital contexts where straight quotes prevail.

General Properties

Code Point	U+301D
Version Added	1.1
Name	Reversed Double Prime Quotation Mark
Block	CJK Symbols and Punctuation
General Category	Open Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	〝
HTML Hex Encoding	〝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x80 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x301D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000301D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u301d

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	Open Punctuation
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Bopomofo Hangul Han Hiragana Katakana
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Quotation Mark	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Transformed Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Close