Unicode character information
Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
Displayed on your computer as: «
(if the character is not rendered properly, you may not have the appropriate fonts)
Alternative names:
- Angle quotation mark, left-pointing double
- chevrons
- Double angle quotation mark, left-pointing
- guillemet, left pointing
- left pointing guillemet
- Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
- Quotation mark, left-pointing double angle
Codepoint (decimal): 171
In unicode block: Latin-1 Supplement
Html entities:
« or « or «Character input:
There is no universal input system for Unicode characters. But you can use the system specific input methods below.| Windows: | Hold down Alt and press + on the numeric keyboard. Type: 00AB and release Alt. A registry key needs to be enabled for this to work. See Unicode input (wikipedia) for more details. | |
| Linux: | Hold down Crtl and ⇧ Shift and type U00AB. Now press ↵ Enter and release Crtl and ⇧ Shift. |
Other Infos:
General category: Pi (Initial_Punctuation): An initial quotation mark.Bidirectional class is: ON (Other_Neutral): Most other symbols and punctuation marks.
Canocial combining class is: 0 (Not_Reordered): Spacing and enclosing marks; also many vowel and consonant signs, even if nonspacing.