Unicode Character "‭" (U+202D)

The character ‭ (Left-To-Right Override) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+202D. It is encoded in the General Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ‭.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left-To-Right Override
Unicode Codepoint U+202D
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right Override (LRO)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Format
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+202D Conversion

HTML (decimal) ‭
HTML (hex) ‭
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%80%AD
CSS \00202D
JavaScript, JSON \u202D
C, C++, Java \u202D
Python \u202D
Rust \u{202D}
Ruby \u202D

How to type "‭"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 2 D. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 2 D. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ‭
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ‭
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ‭
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0xAD
UTF-16 (hex) 0x202D
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000202D

References