GlyphIndexQuoted word
The note labels this step ‘review’.
The pair surrounds the quoted label.
Curly single quotation marks
The curly single quotes ‘ and ’ form an opening and closing pair. In English prose, the closing mark ’ also serves as an apostrophe.
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
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Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
The curly single quotes ‘ and ’ form an opening and closing pair. In English prose, the closing mark ’ also serves as an apostrophe.
How to use it
Choose the correct side of the pair. A closing mark used in a contraction does not need an opening mate, because its role is an apostrophe rather than a quotation boundary.
Examples
Typographic apostrophe
The writer’s checklist is ready.
The right single quote serves as the apostrophe.
Similar shapes, different characters
Straight apostrophe
U+0027U+0027 remains necessary in many technical formats.
DetailsPrime
U+2032U+2032 is not a quotation mark.
DetailsSources and method
- Unicode 18.0.0 character database — Pinned standard character identities and properties; the application computes UTF encodings from the original text.
- Unicode character code charts — Reference glyphs are not a guarantee of the appearance in a user’s font.