Unicode Character "‹" (U+2039)

The character ‹ (Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2039. It is encoded in the General Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ‹. Its mirrored character is › (U+203A).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
Unicode Codepoint U+2039
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character › (U+203A)

Other Unicode Data

Category Initial Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2039 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ‹
HTML (hex) ‹
HTML (named) ‹
URL Escape Code %E2%80%B9
CSS \002039
JavaScript, JSON \u2039
C, C++, Java \u2039
Python \u2039
Rust \u{2039}
Ruby \u2039

How to type "‹"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 3 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 3 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ‹
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ‹
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ‹
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0xB9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2039
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002039

References