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Left-pointing double angle quotation mark symbol «

Left-pointing double angle quotation mark («) is Unicode U+00AB. Tap Copy to grab it, or type it on any device using the steps below.

A guillemet, the angle quotation mark used to open quotes in French and several other languages.

How to type «

Fastest way on each device: Windows, iPhone and Android, copy and paste; Mac, the Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space); Linux, Ctrl+Shift+U then 00ab.

Windows

Tap Copy above, then press Ctrl+V where you want «.

Windows has no built-in shortcut for it. In Microsoft Word, type 00AB and then press Alt+X.

Mac

Press Control+Command+Space, search for “left-pointing double angle quotation mark” and double-click «.

That shortcut opens the Character Viewer, which has every Unicode symbol.

iPhone

Tap Copy above, then touch and hold where you want « and tap Paste.

To type it from the keyboard, open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement, tap +, paste « as the Phrase and add a Shortcut.

Android

Tap Copy above, then touch and hold where you want « and tap Paste.

To type it from the keyboard in Gboard, open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, tap +, paste « and add a shortcut.

Linux

Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 00ab, then press Space or Enter. This works in most GTK and IBus apps.

Word and Google Docs

Word: type 00AB, then press Alt+X.

Google Docs: open Insert › Special characters and search for “left-pointing double angle quotation mark”.

Codes for «

UnicodeU+00AB
Official nameLEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
BlockLatin-1 Supplement
Added inUnicode 1.1
HTML decimal«
HTML hex«
CSScontent: "\00AB";
JavaScript"\u00AB"
Python"\u00AB"
UTF-8 bytesC2 AB

Look-alikes

  • »Right-pointing double angle quotation mark, U+00BB
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