Low Double Quote symbol
Type :low_double_quote: · Punctuation
Unicode name Double Low-9 Quotation Mark · General Punctuation block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What „ is for
The opening quote in German, Polish, Czech and several neighbours, which set quotes low-then-high: „so". If you are writing for those languages this is the correct opener, not a typo for a comma.
How to type „
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:low_double_quote: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 201E with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 201E then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:low_double_quote: On the web
HTML „
Unicode U+201E
JavaScript '\u{201E}'
CSS "\201E"
Python '\u201E'
URL %E2%80%9E
More from punctuation
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