" "

"	U+0022, " QUOTATION MARK

← !
[U+0021]

Basic Latin

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[U+0023]

See also: “ ”

Translingual

Punctuation mark

" "

Encloses a quotation in some languages.
John said: "No, don't do that."
Encloses text that the author does not approve. See scare quotes.
His "solution" only caused more problems.
- 1967 February 22, “Chinese Charge Plane Intruded Over Island”, in Pottstown Mercury‎^[1], volume 36, number 126, Pottstown, PA, sourced from TOKYO (AP), page 2, column 4:
  Peking's official New China News Agency said the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued the 425th "serious" warning against the U.S. "provocations."
(sarcastic) Encloses text with a sarcastic tone.
You should dump him. You don't even need to be rude. Just be "unavailable".
Indicates that the enclosed text uses a figurative meaning.
Encloses a title of a work that appears within a larger work, such as an episode of a TV series, a short story, a poem or a newspaper article.
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is the first episode of The Simpsons.
(proscribed) Used for emphasis.
Do "not" open the door.
(programming) Encloses a string literal in some programming and markup languages.
"1" is text, 1 without quotation marks is a number.
(computing) In some search engines, searches for the exact word of phrase.
Search for "heads or tails" for the exact phrase. If you forget the quotation marks, you'll surely see results with "heads" and "tails" separately.

Synonyms

(enclosing string literals): ' ' (only in some languages)
(used for emphasis): * *

Afrikaans: “ ” · ‘ ’ · „ ” · ‚ ’
Albanian: „ “ · ‘ ’
Arabic: « » · ( ) · “ ”
Armenian: « »
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: « » · “ ”
Azerbaijani: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · " " · ‘ ’ · ' '
Basque: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · ‘ ’
Belarusian: « » · “ ”
Bulgarian: „ “ · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · « » · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · —
Catalan: « » · “ ” · ‘ ’, —
Chinese: “ ” · ‘ ’ · 「」 · 『』
Czech: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
Danish: » « · „ “ · › ‹ · ‚ ’ · ” ” · ’ ’
Dutch: ‘ ’ · “ ” · ‚ ’ · „ ”
English U.K.: ' ' · " " · ‘ ’ · “ ”
English U.S.: " " · ' ' · “ ” · ‘ ’
Esperanto: (depends on country of publication)
Estonian: „ “ · « »
Filipino: “ ” · ‘ ’
Finnish: ” ” · ’ ’ · » »
French: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · —
Georgian: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
German: „ “ · ‚ ‘ ; » « · › ‹ ; regional: « » · ‹ ›
Greek: « » · “ ” · ‟ ” · —
Hungarian: „ ” · » « · —
Icelandic: „ “ · ‚ ‘
Indonesian: “ ” · ‘ ’
Interlingua: (depends on country of publication)
Irish: “ ” · ‘ ’
Italian: « » · ‹ › · “ ” · ‘ ’
Japanese: 「」 · 『』 · 〝〟 · 〝〞
Korean: “ ” · ‘ ’ · 『』 · 「」
Latvian: « » · „ “
Lithuanian: « » · „ “
Lower Sorbian: „ “ · ‚ ‘
Macedonian: „ “ · ’ ‘ · ‘ ’
Northern Kurdish: « »
Norwegian: « » · „ “ · ‘ ’ · ‚ ‘
Persian: « »
Polish: „ ” · « » · » « · —
Portuguese: “ ” · ‘ ’ · « » · —
Romanian: „ ” · « » · —
Russian: « » · „ “ · „ ” · —
Serbo-Croatian: „ ” · ” ” · ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · „ “ · » «
Slovak: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
Slovene: „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
Spanish: « » · “ ” · ‘ ’ · —
Swedish: ” ” · ’ ’ · » » · » « · —
Thai: “ ” · ‘ ’
Turkish: “ ” · ‘ ’ · « » · › ‹ · —
Ukrainian: « » · „ ” · ‚ ‘
Vietnamese: “ ” · —
Welsh: ‘ ’ · “ ”

quotation marks - all matched-pairs

Curved double quotation marks: “ ” · ” ” · „ ” · „ “ · ‟ ”
Curved single quotation marks: ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · ‚ ’ · ‚ ‘ · ’ ‘ · ‛ ’
Straight double quotation marks: " "
Straight single quotation marks: ' '
Guillemets: « » · » « · » »
Single guillemets: ‹ › · › ‹
Corner brackets: 「」 · 『』
Angle brackets: 《》 · 〈〉
Prime quotation marks: 〝〟 · 〝〞

quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters

Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
Straight double quotation mark: "
Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
Guillemets: « · »
Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)