Double Prime Quotation Mark

Use 〟 to close 〝…〟 in Japanese vertical text.

Japanese layout guidance reserves 〝…〟 for vertical text; horizontal Japanese normally uses corner brackets or curly quotes. Chinese layout guidance uses 「」/『』 or curly forms depending on region and direction, so 〞 is not a pan-CJK default.

Unicode's character-name list calls 〞 a mistaken analogue to ” and points to 〟. When transcribing a source that uses 〝…〞, preserve its pair; for new Japanese vertical text, use 〝…〟.

What does 〞 mean?

〞 is a closing quotation mark in a double-prime style.

A Japanese punctuation guide citing a Meiji 30 grammar (1897) lists 〝…〟 as an alternative to 「…」 for dialogue, quoted words, titles, and words set apart. This is an attested example, not proof of its first use.

Later Japanese standards split their treatment: JIS X 0208 treated these marks as vertical forms of ordinary quotation marks; JIS X 0213 listed 〝 and 〟 separately after examples appeared outside that role. This history explains why 〞's name does not identify the usual Japanese vertical closer.