Technical information

Symbol
NameIndian rupee sign
Unicode numberU+20B9
CategoryPresently Currency Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ₹, or U+20B9, is known as the "Indian Rupee Sign". It is part of the "Currency Symbols" block, which includes various symbols used to denote currencies around the world. This character falls under the "Symbol, Currency" category. Visually, the symbol combines the Latin capital letter 'R' with an added horizontal line, mirroring the Devanagari letter "र" (Ra) of the Indian national script, with a line across its top. The Indian Rupee sign is used to represent the monetary unit of India, the Rupee. It was introduced in 2010 following a nationwide design contest to create a symbol that would uniquely represent the Indian Rupee, distinguishing it from the various other currencies known as rupees used in countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

Encoding

HTML Entity₹
HTML Entity (hex)₹
URL Escape Code%E2%82%B9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x82 0xB9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000010:10111001
UTF-160x20B9
UTF-320x000020B9

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u20B9"
CSS Code\20B9
JavaScript"\u20B9"
Perl\x{20B9}
Python 2u"\u20B9"
Python 3\u20B9
Ruby\u{20B9}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ₹ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8377;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\20B9";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References