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U+2039 · SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK

Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark

CodepointU+2039
NameSINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
Decimal8249
BlockGeneral Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F)
Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
ScriptCommon
CategoryPi — Initial Punctuation
Unicode version1.1 (1993)
Bidi classON — Other Neutral
Combining class0
East Asian widthN — Neutral
MirroredYes

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →

UTF-8	`E2 80 B9`	3 bytes
UTF-16	`2039`	1 code unit
UTF-32	`00002039`	4 bytes
HTML named	`&lsaquo;`	named character reference
HTML decimal	`‹`
HTML hex	`‹`
CSS	`\2039`	in content: "…"
JavaScript	`\u2039`
JSON	`\u2039`
Python	`\u2039`
Python	`\N{SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK}`	by name
Java / C#	`\u2039`
C / C++	`\u2039`	universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP	`\u{2039}`
Go	`\u2039`
Ruby	`\u2039`
Excel / Sheets	`=UNICHAR(8249)`
URL-encoded	`%E2%80%B9`	percent-encoded UTF-8

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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+003C<Less-Than Sign U+02C2˂Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead U+16B2ᚲRunic Letter Kauna U+276E❮Heavy Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament U+1438ᐸCanadian Syllabics Pa U+1D236𝈶Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-40

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Nearby in General Punctuation

All in block →

U+2033″Double Prime U+2034‴Triple Prime U+2035‵Reversed Prime U+2036‶Reversed Double Prime U+2037‷Reversed Triple Prime U+2038‸Caret U+203A›Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark U+203B※Reference Mark U+203C‼Double Exclamation Mark U+203D‽Interrobang U+203E‾Overline U+203F‿Undertie