Double Low-9 Quotation Mark

Part of Punctuation and Typography Marks

On Windows, hold Alt and type 0132 on the numeric keypad to insert double low-9 quotation mark.

Alt code
Alt+0132
HTML entity
„
Unicode
U+201E

About this symbol

German, Czech, Polish and several other languages open a quotation with a low mark, „, and close it with a high one, as in „so“. Typesetters call this one the low-9 mark, after its shape.

Unicode facts

Official name
DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
Also called
Low double comma quotation mark
Type
Opening bracket
Unicode block
General Punctuation
Unicode group
Quotation marks and apostrophe
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Unicode notes
  • Used as opening double quotation mark in some languages
Related
⹂ Double Low-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark U+2E42
〟 Low Double Prime Quotation Mark U+301F

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