Unicode Character "₪" (U+20AA)

The character ₪ (NEW SHEQEL SIGN) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+20AA. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols 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 NEW SHEQEL SIGN
Unicode Codepoint U+20AA
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Currency Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class European Terminator (ET)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Currency Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+20AA Conversion

HTML (decimal) ₪
HTML (hex) ₪
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%82%AA
CSS \20AA
JavaScript \u{20AA}
JSON \u20AA
C, C++ \U000020AA
Java \u20AA
Python \U000020AA
Rust \u{20AA}
Ruby \u{20AA}

How to type "₪"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0xAA
UTF-16 (hex) 0x20AA
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000020AA

References