U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK

The Unicode character U+00AB, officially named LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Latin 1 Sup block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as LEFT POINTING GUILLEMET.

Categorized technically as a Initial Punctuation, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is not a composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Other Neutral character. Its visual representation remains mirrored regardless of the reading direction.