U+202B "" Right-to-Left Embedding Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+202B "" Right-to-Left Embedding is an invisible control character used in bidirectional text processing to override the default text direction for a specific embedded segment. When inserted into a string of text, it instructs the rendering system to treat the following characters as right-to-left (for example, for Arabic or Hebrew) until it is terminated by a U+202C (Pop Directional Formatting) character. This allows developers to correctly display mixed scripts, such as when an English phrase appears within a right-to-left sentence, without altering the overall document direction. Its proper use is essential for ensuring readable and logically ordered text in multilingual digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+202B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Right-to-Left Embedding |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left Embedding |
| Bidirectional Control | Yes |
| Alias | RLE (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ‫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ‫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x80 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x202B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000202B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u202b |