U+200E "" Left-to-Right Mark Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+200E "" Left-to-Right Mark is an invisible formatting character used to control the directionality of text in bidirectional writing systems, such as when mixing left-to-right scripts like Latin with right-to-left scripts like Arabic or Hebrew. It explicitly indicates that the text following it should be treated as left-to-right, preventing issues like misordered punctuation, numbers, or embedded phrases. This character has no visible glyph and does not affect spacing or line breaks, serving solely as a directional override to ensure proper rendering in digital environments.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x80 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x200E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000200E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u200e