quotation mark

Summary

quotation mark is a glyph^[1]. It draws 1,564 Wikipedia views per month (glyph category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• quotation mark's image is recorded as Tipi di virgolette.svg^[3].
• quotation mark's instance of is recorded as glyph^[4].
• quotation mark's GND ID is recorded as 4202410-9^[5].
• quotation mark's subclass of is recorded as punctuation mark^[6].
• quotation mark's Commons category is recorded as Quotation marks^[7].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as "^[8].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ‘^[9].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ’^[10].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ‚^[11].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ‛^[12].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as “^[13].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ”^[14].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as „^[15].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ‟^[16].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ‹^[17].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ›^[18].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as «^[19].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as »^[20].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ⹂^[21].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as 〝^[22].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as 〞^[23].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as 〟^[24].
• quotation mark's Unicode character is recorded as ＂^[25].
• quotation mark's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0262pc6^[26].
• quotation mark's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph250064^[27].

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Designation and Status

quotation mark's instance of is recorded as glyph^[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for quotation mark include air quotes^[28], a gesture^[29].

Why It Matters

quotation mark draws 1,564 Wikipedia views per month (glyph category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include air quotes^[28], a gesture^[29].