"

Character	"
Unicode name	QUOTATION MARK
Codepoint	U+0022
! ← Basic Latin → #

See also “, ”, 〃, ″, and ״

Translingual

Alternative forms

• “ (as opening quotation mark), ” (as closing quotation mark), ״ (as gershayim), 〃 (as ditto mark), ″ (as double prime)

Etymology

Typographical simplification, particularly due to the use of typewriters, thence followed in computers: rather than having separate opening (“) and closing (”) quotation marks (and other keys for ″ and others), a single square key was used, to reduce the number of keys.

Symbol

"

1. “ (opening quotation mark)
2. ” (closing quotation mark)
3. ״ (gershayim)
4. 〃 (ditto mark) Used in lists or tables to indicate a repetition of appropriate content above
5. ″ (double prime, as in inches)

Related terms

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) braces (publishing, music, programming) ( { } ) brackets (publishing, programming) ( [ ] ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … ) exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop (British) or period (North America) ( . ) guillemets (publishing) ( « » )

hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ ) interpunct (publishing, web design) ( · ) interrobang (rare) ( ‽ ) parentheses ( ( ) )

question mark ( ? ) quotation marks (formal, British) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” ) quotation marks (informal, North America, computing) ( " ) ( ' )

semicolon ( ; ) slash ( / ) solidus (dated, mathematics) ( ⁄ ) space (   )

See also

• Ditto mark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ditto mark
•  ' 
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