Symbol

1. An ASCII symbol which covers the functions of the apostrophe (’), both the opening and closing single quotation mark or single quote (‘ and ’), the IPA primary stress ([[ˈ]]), the Hebrew geresh (׳), and the Hawaiian okina ([[ʻ]]).
2. foot (unit of length)
3. prime (symbol)
4. arcminutes and sometimes minutes of time.

Alternative spellings

• ’ (as apostrophe and closing quotation mark)
• ‘ (as opening quotation mark)
• [[ˈ]] (as IPA primary stress mark)
• ׳ (as Hebrew geresh)
• [[ʻ]] (as Hawaiian okina)
• ′ (as prime symbol)