This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Currency Symbols" block which goes from 0x20A0 to 0x20C0.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ₨
You can use the u+20A8 copy pc button below.
Easy u+20A8 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+20A8 name is rupee sign emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 20A8, u20A8 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | RUPEE SIGN |
| resolved name | rupee sign |
| block | Currency Symbols (Currency_Symbols) |
| common typos | u+02A8, u+A208 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 20A8 like u 20A8, (u+20A8) or u +20A8. You can also find u-20A8, u*20A8, un+20A8, u20A8, u=20A8 or c+20A8. You can also spell it with u 20A8 unicode, u plus 20A8, uncode 20A8 or unicode + 20A8.
Its bidirectional class is "ET":European Number Terminator (DEGREE SIGN, currency symbols, ...)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+20A8 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Currency Symbols keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u20A8 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 82 A8 | 14844584 | 11100010 10000010 10101000 |
| UCS2 | A8 20 | 43040 | 10101000 00100000 |
| UTF-16LE | A8 20 | 43040 | 10101000 00100000 |
| UTF-16BE | 20 A8 | 8360 | 00100000 10101000 |
| UTF7 | 2B 49 4B 67 2D | 185913272109 | 00101011 01001001 01001011 01100111 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 4B 67 2D | 164438435629 | 00100110 01001001 01001011 01100111 00101101 |