Left double quotation mark

Opens a quotation in American English typography: “like this.” Always pair it with the right double quotation mark (”) rather than the straight ASCII quote ("), a typewriter-era compromise. Word processors insert it automatically via smart quotes; plain-text editors usually do not.

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  • Symbol
  • UnicodeU+201C
  • HTML entity“
  • CSS content\201C
  • JavaScript\u201C
  • URL encoded%E2%80%9C
  • Windows Alt codeAlt+0147

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