LOW DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK·U+301F

Character Information

Code Point
U+301F
HEX
301F
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Close Punctuation

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E3 80 9F
11100011 10000000 10011111
UTF16 (big Endian)
30 1F
00110000 00011111
UTF16 (little Endian)
1F 30
00011111 00110000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 30 1F
00000000 00000000 00110000 00011111
UTF32 (little Endian)
1F 30 00 00
00011111 00110000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
〟
URI Encoded
%E3%80%9F

Description

U+301F, also known as the LOW DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK, is a specialized character in Unicode that serves a unique role within digital text. This typographical symbol can be found within the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X 0213:1997 and JIS X 0213:2000. In its typical usage, the LOW DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK is used to denote an ironic or sarcastic tone in written Japanese language, distinguishing it from a regular double prime quotation mark (‘’). This specialized use helps convey nuanced meaning and sentiment within the text. While not commonly used outside of the Japanese language, this character remains an essential tool for clear communication and expression of emotion in certain contexts. As digital communications continue to evolve and diversify, characters like U+301F play a vital role in preserving linguistic nuances across different languages and cultures.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12319 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+301F. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+301F to binary: 00110000 00011111. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100011 10000000 10011111