‘

See also: ʻ and '

‘	U+2018, ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

← ‗
[U+2017]

General Punctuation

’ →
[U+2019]

Translingual

Alternative forms

' (informal)

Punctuation mark

‘

Used as a quotation mark in some languages.
1. ‘ ’
2. ’ ‘
3. ‚ ‘

Afrikaans: “ ”, ‘ ’, „ ”, ‚ ’
Albanian: „ “, ‘ ’
Arabic: « », “ ”
Armenian: « »
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: « », “ ”
Azerbaijani: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, " ", ‘ ’, ' '
Basque: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, ‘ ’
Belarusian: « », “ ”
Bulgarian: „ “, ’ ’, ‘ ’, « », ’ ’, ‘ ’, —
Catalan: « », “ ”, ‘ ’
Chinese: “ ”, ‘ ’, 「」, 『』
Czech: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Danish: » «, „ “, › ‹, ‚ ’, ” ”, ’ ’
Dutch: ‘ ’, “ ”, ‚ ’, „ ”
English U.K.: ' ', " ", ‘ ’, “ ”
English U.S.: " ", ' ', “ ”, ‘ ’
Esperanto: “ ”, ‘ ’, —
Estonian: „ “, « »
Filipino: “ ”, ‘ ’
Finnish: ” ”, ’ ’, » »
French: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, —
Georgian: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
German: „ “, ‚ ‘ ; » «, › ‹ ; regional: « », ‹ ›
Greek: « », “ ”, —
Hungarian: „ ”, » «, —
Icelandic: „ “, ‚ ‘
Indonesian: “ ”, ‘ ’
Interlingua: “ ”, ‘ ’
Irish: “ ”, ‘ ’
Italian: « », ‹ ›, ‟ ”, ‛ ’
Japanese: 「」, 『』, 〝〟, 〝〞
Korean: “ ”, ‘ ’, 『』, 「」
Latvian: « », „ “
Lithuanian: « », „ “
Lower Sorbian: „ “, ‚ ‘
Macedonian: „ “, ’ ‘
Northern Kurdish: « »
Norwegian: « », „ “, ‘ ’, ‚ ‘
Persian: « »
Polish: „ ”, « », » «, —
Portuguese: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », —
Romanian: „ ”, « », —
Russian: « », „ “, „ ”, —
Serbo-Croatian: „ ”, ” ”, ‘ ’, ’ ’, „ “, » «
Slovak: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Slovene: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
Spanish: « », “ ”, ‘ ’, —
Swedish: ” ”, ’ ’, » », » «, —
Thai: “ ”, ‘ ’
Turkish: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », › ‹, —
Ukrainian: « », „ ”, ‚ ‘
Vietnamese: “ ”, —
Welsh: ‘ ’, “ ”

quotation marks - all matched-pairs

Curved double quotation marks: “ ”, ” ”, „ ”, „ “, ‟ ”
Curved single quotation marks: ‘ ’, ’ ’, ‚ ’, ‚ ‘, ’ ‘, ‛ ’
Straight double quotation marks: " "
Straight single quotation marks: ' '
Guillemets: « », » «, » »
Single guillemets: ‹ ›, › ‹
Corner brackets: 「」, 『』
Prime quotation marks: 〝〟, 〝〞

quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters

Curved double quotation marks: “, ”, „, ‟
Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘, ’, ‚, ‛
Straight double quotation mark: "
Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
Prime quotation marks: 〝, 〞, 〟
Guillemets: «, »
Single guillemets: ‹, ›
Corner brackets: 「, 」, 『, 』
Quotation dashes: — (em dash), ― (horizontal bar), – (en dash)

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ [[Unsupported titles/Right square bracket#Translingual|]]] )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
ellipsis ( … )
exclamation mark ( ! )
fraction slash ( ⁄ )
guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
interpunct ( · )
interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
semicolon ( ; )
slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
space ( )

Symbol

‘

Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.
- 1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana‎, London, OCLC 634115013:
  PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
- 1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 277985465, page 274:
  So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.
- 1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, […], page 319:
  An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.