unicode

U+200E

LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK

LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK · Format · General Punctuation · Common script

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Quick facts

Code point: U+200E
Decimal: 8206
Name: LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK
General category: Cf — Format
Block: General Punctuation
Script: Common
Bidi class: L
Combining class: 0
Age: 1.1
Name aliases: LRM (abbreviation)

Normalization & case

Decomposition: —
Uppercase: —
Lowercase: —
Titlecase: —
Case folding: —
Bidi mirrored: No

Layout & width

East Asian Width: N
Line Break: CM
Numeric: —
Script extensions: —

Binary properties

Pattern_White_SpaceDefault_Ignorable_Code_Point

Developer examples

JS: '\u{200e}' // U+200E
Python: "\N{LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK}"
HTML: ‎

Encodings & escapes

UTF-8
UTF-16
UTF-32
HTML decimal
HTML hex
HTML named
JavaScript
Python
CSS
JSON
URL (UTF-8)
C / C++

Warnings

This character may be invisible or format-only in many fonts and editors.
Default ignorable: renderers may hide this character.
Often involved in invisible text, bidi tricks, or identifier confusion — handle carefully.

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HTML entity

&lrm;

Block

General Punctuation

Category

Format

Script

Common

Source

Unicode: 16.0.0
WHATWG: —