right-to-left mark

bidirectional control character (U+200F); commonly abbreviated RLM
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right-to-left mark

Summary

right-to-left mark is a bidirectional control character[1]. It draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (bidirectional_control_character category, ranking #1 of 2).[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 Unicode character is recorded as ‏[5].
  • right-to-left mark's homoglyph is recorded as Arabic letter mark[6].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode code point is recorded as 200F[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 HTML entity is recorded as ‏[10].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode block is recorded as General Punctuation[11].
  • right-to-left mark's Unicode character name is recorded as RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK[12].

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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 draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (bidirectional_control_character category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Image U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK.svg
    Homoglyph Arabic letter mark
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