U+201F "‟" Double High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark Unicode Character

U+201F "‟" Double High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark is a typographical punctuation mark used primarily in certain European languages, such as German and Czech, to denote the opening of a quotation in a style that mirrors the closing quotation mark (U+201E „) as a high, reversed version of the standard 9-shaped mark. It appears as a pair of mirrored strokes resembling a double comma raised to the top of the line, and while it is defined in Unicode for compatibility and historical documentation, its actual use is rare in modern digital text, as most contemporary quotation systems rely on simpler marks like the straight or curly double quotes. This character is encoded in the General Punctuation block and is distinct from similar looking marks, such as the left double quotation mark (U+201C “), to preserve specific typographic traditions that require paired opening and closing signs of different orientations.