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See also: “ [U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK], ” [U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK], 〃 [U+3003 DITTO MARK], ″ [U+2033 DOUBLE PRIME], ״‎ [U+05F4 HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERSHAYIM], and " "

also "

"	U+0022, " QUOTATION MARK

← !
[U+0021]

Basic Latin

# →
[U+0023]

＂	U+FF02, ＂ FULLWIDTH QUOTATION MARK

← ！
[U+FF01]

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

＃ →
[U+FF03]

Translingual

Alternative forms

“ (as opening quotation mark), ” (as closing quotation mark), ״ (as gershayim), 〃 (as ditto mark), ″ (as double prime)

Etymology

Typographical simplification, particularly due to the use of typewriters, thence followed in computers: rather than having separate opening (“) and closing (”) quotation marks (and other keys for ″ and others), a single square key was used, to reduce the number of keys.

Punctuation mark

"

Used as a quotation mark in some languages. See " ".
״ (gershayim)
″ (double prime, as in inches)
Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an umlaut, diaeresis or hungarumlaut, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.
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Related terms

(diacritical mark): ', :

Symbol

"

〃 (ditto mark) Used in lists or tables to indicate a repetition of appropriate content above
(time, angles) symbol representing the second, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate seconds count

Coordinate terms

(time): '
(angles): ', °

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
ellipsis ( … )
exclamation mark ( ! )
fraction slash ( ⁄ )
guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
interpunct ( · )
interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
semicolon ( ; )
slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
space ( )

quotation marks and quotation dashes in all languages (edit)

Afrikaans: “ ”, ‘ ’, „ ”, ‚ ’
Albanian: „ “, ‘ ’
Arabic: « », “ ”
Armenian: « »
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: « », “ ”
Azerbaijani: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, " ", ‘ ’, ' '
Basque: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, ‘ ’
Belarusian: « », “ ”
Bulgarian: „ “, ’ ’, ‘ ’, « », ’ ’, ‘ ’, —
Catalan: « », “ ”, ‘ ’
Chinese: “ ”, ‘ ’, 「」, 『』
Czech: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Danish: » «, „ “, › ‹, ‚ ’, ” ”, ’ ’
Dutch: ‘ ’, “ ”, ‚ ’, „ ”
English U.K.: ' ', " ", ‘ ’, “ ”
English U.S.: " ", ' ', “ ”, ‘ ’
Esperanto: “ ”, ‘ ’, —
Estonian: „ “, « »
Filipino: “ ”, ‘ ’
Finnish: ” ”, ’ ’, » »
French: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, —
Georgian: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
German: „ “, ‚ ‘ ; » «, › ‹ ; regional: « », ‹ ›
Greek: « », “ ”, —
Hungarian: „ ”, » «, —
Icelandic: „ “, ‚ ‘
Indonesian: “ ”, ‘ ’
Interlingua: “ ”, ‘ ’
Irish: “ ”, ‘ ’
Italian: « », ‹ ›, ‟ ”, ‛ ’
Japanese: 「」, 『』, 〝〟, 〝〞
Korean: “ ”, ‘ ’, 『』, 「」
Latvian: « », „ “
Lithuanian: « », „ “
Lower Sorbian: „ “, ‚ ‘
Macedonian: „ “, ’ ‘
Northern Kurdish: « »
Norwegian: « », „ “, ‘ ’, ‚ ‘
Persian: « »
Polish: „ ”, « », » «, —
Portuguese: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », —
Romanian: „ ”, « », —
Russian: « », „ “, „ ”, —
Serbo-Croatian: „ ”, ” ”, ‘ ’, ’ ’, „ “, » «
Slovak: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Slovene: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Spanish: « », “ ”, ‘ ’, —
Swedish: ” ”, ’ ’, » », » «, —
Thai: “ ”, ‘ ’
Turkish: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », › ‹, —
Ukrainian: « », „ ”, ‚ ‘
Vietnamese: “ ”, —
Welsh: ‘ ’, “ ”

quotation marks - all matched-pairs

Curved double quotation marks: “ ”, ” ”, „ ”, „ “, ‟ ”
Curved single quotation marks: ‘ ’, ’ ’, ‚ ’, ‚ ‘, ’ ‘, ‛ ’
Straight double quotation marks: " "
Straight single quotation marks: ' '
Guillemets: « », » «, » »
Single guillemets: ‹ ›, › ‹
Corner brackets: 「」, 『』
Prime quotation marks: 〝〟, 〝〞

quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters

Curved double quotation marks: “, ”, „, ‟
Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘, ’, ‚, ‛
Straight double quotation mark: "
Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
Prime quotation marks: 〝, 〞, 〟
Guillemets: «, »
Single guillemets: ‹, ›
Corner brackets: 「, 」, 『, 』
Quotation dashes: — (em dash), ― (horizontal bar), – (en dash)