U+202E "" Right-to-Left Override Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+202E "" Right-to-Left Override is a formatting code that forces any subsequent text to be displayed from right to left, overriding the default bidirectional behavior of the script. This character is part of Unicode's bidirectional text control set and is often used in digital contexts to create visual confusion or spoofing, such as making a file name like "fdp.exe" appear as "exe.pdf" when viewed in a file directory. While it has legitimate applications for displaying mixed-script languages correctly, its misuse in phishing attacks or malicious code has led many web platforms and text processors to filter or disable its effect for security reasons.
General Properties
Code Point
U+202E
Name
Right-to-Left Override
Alias
RLO (abbreviation)
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
‮
HTML Hex Encoding
‮
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x80 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x202E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000202E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u202e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common