What is the HTML entity for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark?

The HTML entity for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark is « (decimal: «, hex: «).

What is the Unicode codepoint for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark?

Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark has the Unicode codepoint U+00AB (decimal: 171).

What is the UTF-8 encoding of Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark?

The UTF-8 encoding of Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark is C2 AB.

How do I use Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, use the escape sequence \u00AB or paste the character directly in a string.

What is the CSS escape for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark?

The CSS escape for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark is \AB. Use it in CSS content properties or selectors.

How do I write Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark in Python?

In Python, use the escape sequence \u00AB inside a string literal.

What is the URL encoding for Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark?

The percent-encoded (URL encoded) form of Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark is %C2%AB.

What Unicode block does Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark belong to?

Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block.

Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark

U+00AB

BMP Unicode 1.1

Character «

Entity «

Decimal «

Hex «

Classification

Unicode properties assigned to this character by the Unicode Consortium. The codepoint is its unique numeric identifier. Category, block, and script determine how text systems render and process it.

Codepoint: U+00AB
Decimal: 171
Plane: BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category: Initial Punctuation (Pi)
Block: Latin-1 Supplement
Script: Common
Bidi class: ON Other Neutral
Mirrored: Yes — glyph is mirrored in RTL context
East Asian Width: N Narrow

Encodings & Escape Sequences

Every Unicode character can be represented in multiple ways depending on context. HTML entities let you embed it safely in web pages. UTF-8 bytes are what gets stored on disk and sent over the network. Escape sequences let you reference it in source code without pasting the raw glyph. All formats below refer to the same character — Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark.

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Format	Value
HTML Named Entity	`«` Named HTML entity — works in all browsers.
HTML Decimal	`«` Decimal numeric character reference (&#decimal;).
HTML Hex	`«` Hexadecimal numeric character reference (&#xHex;).
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	`C2 AB` UTF-8 encoding as hex byte values. Most common on the web.
UTF-16 Hex Bytes	`00 AB` Used internally by JavaScript, Java, and Windows.
UTF-32 Hex	`000000AB` Fixed-width: one codepoint = 4 bytes.
CSS Escape	`\AB` Use in CSS content property: content: "\XXXX"
JavaScript Escape	`\u00AB` Use in JS strings: "\uXXXX" or template literals.
Python Escape	`\u00AB` Use in Python strings: "\uXXXX" or "\UXXXXXXXX".
URL Encoded	`%C2%AB` Percent-encoded for use in URLs.

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