Left Single Quote symbol
Type :left_single_quote: · Punctuation
What ‘ is for
Opens a quote inside a quote, and in British style opens the outer quote too. Also the correct opening mark for a nested citation, where the double quote is already spoken for.
How to type ‘
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:left_single_quote: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + ]
Windows
Alt + 0145
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:left_single_quote: On the web
HTML ‘
Unicode U+2018
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