Unicode Character "₿" (U+20BF)

The character ₿ (Bitcoin Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+20BF. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 10.0 (June, 2017). It is HTML encoded as ₿.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Bitcoin Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+20BF
Unicode Version 10.0 (June, 2017)
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+20BF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ₿
HTML (hex) ₿
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%82%BF
CSS \0020BF
JavaScript, JSON \u20BF
C, C++, Java \u20BF
Python \u20BF
Rust \u{20BF}
Ruby \u20BF

How to type "₿"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0xBF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x20BF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000020BF

References