right-to-left mark

bidirectional control character (U+200F); commonly abbreviated RLM
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Summary

right-to-left mark is a bidirectional control character[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • right-to-left mark's instance of is recorded as bidirectional control character[3].
  • right-to-left mark's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • right-to-left mark's homoglyph is recorded as Arabic letter mark[5].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode code point is recorded as 200F[6].
  • right-to-left mark's HTML entity is recorded as ‏[7].
  • right-to-left mark's HTML entity is recorded as ‏[8].
  • right-to-left mark's HTML entity is recorded as ‏[9].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode block is recorded as General Punctuation[10].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode character name is recorded as RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include bidirectional control character[3] and Unicode character[4].

Why It Matters

right-to-left mark has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Ewpa · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Unicode character → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Unicode character: ‏"
  2. 6w ago · Ewpa · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK.svg
    Homoglyph → Arabic letter mark
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK.svg"
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