Technical information

Symbol
NameBitcoin sign
Unicode numberU+20BF
CategoryPresently Currency Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character "₿", or U+20BF, is known as the "Bitcoin Sign". It falls under the "Currency Symbols" block in the Unicode standard. As per its name, this character represents Bitcoin, which is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator. Introduced in the Unicode standard in 2017, this symbol has become widely recognized in the global financial and digital world. It is used in various platforms and services that deal with cryptocurrencies, particularly in those related to Bitcoin transactions, trading, and investments.

Encoding

HTML Entity₿
HTML Entity (hex)₿
URL Escape Code%E2%82%BF
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x82 0xBF
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000010:10111111
UTF-160x20BF
UTF-320x000020BF

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u20BF"
CSS Code\20BF
JavaScript"\u20BF"
Perl\x{20BF}
Python 2u"\u20BF"
Python 3\u20BF
Ruby\u{20BF}

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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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8383;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\20BF";
}

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