Left Guillemet symbol
Type :left_guillemet: · Punctuation
What « is for
Opens a quotation in French, Russian, Spanish and several other languages. French sets a thin space inside the marks, so it reads as « comme ceci ». Getting the direction right matters: some languages point them inward, others outward.
How to type «
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:left_guillemet: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + Backslash
Windows
Alt + 0171
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:left_guillemet: On the web
HTML «
Unicode U+00AB
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