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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 " " .
An ASCII substitute for ״ (gershayim)
An ASCII substitute for ″ (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
Symbol
"
〃 (ditto mark) Used in lists or tables to indicate a repetition of appropriate content above
( time , angles) An ASCII substitute for the symbol representing the second , placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate seconds count
Coordinate terms
( time ) : '
( angles ) : ' , °
( ditto mark ) : see 〃
See also
Punctuation
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: ‘ ’ , “ ”
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)