Unicode Character "₹" (U+20B9)

The character ₹ (INDIAN RUPEE SIGN) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+20B9. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 6.0 (October, 2010). It is HTML encoded as ₹.

Main Unicode Properties

Name INDIAN RUPEE SIGN
Unicode Codepoint U+20B9
Unicode Version 6.0 (October, 2010)
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+20B9 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ₹
HTML (hex) ₹
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%82%B9
CSS \20B9
JavaScript \u{20B9}
JSON \u20B9
C, C++ \U000020B9
Java \u20B9
Python \U000020B9
Rust \u{20B9}
Ruby \u{20B9}

How to type "₹"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 B 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 B 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0xB9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x20B9
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000020B9

References