Rupee Symbol ₹
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The Indian Rupee symbol (₹) was officially adopted in 2010 as the currency symbol for the Indian Rupee. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it combines the Devanagari letter 'र' (Ra) with the Roman letter 'R'. While this symbol is widely used, it's not readily available on standard keyboards. Here's how you can type, copy, or use the rupee symbol in various contexts.
How to type Indian Rupee Symbol on Windows PC ?
Windows:
Method - 1: Press Ctrl + Alt + 4 together
Method - 2: Press left side Alt key and then type 8377 on numeric pad (NumPad)
Method - 3: Type 20B9 and then press ALT + X keys together. As soon as you press this key combination, the text 20B9 will be replaced by the Indian currency’s new Rupee symbol (₹)
How to type Indian Rupee Symbol on Windows PC ?
Mac:
Method - 1: Hold down the Option key and type 20B9. This will insert the rupee symbol directly.
Method - 2: Using Character Viewer
Step 1: Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
Step 2: In the search field at the top, type "rupee" or "Indian rupee".
Step 3: Double-click on the ₹ symbol to insert it into your document.
Step 1: Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
Step 2: In the search field at the top, type "rupee" or "Indian rupee".
Step 3: Double-click on the ₹ symbol to insert it into your document.
Method - 3: Using Currency Symbols in Character View
Step 1: Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
Step 2: Click on the "Currency Symbols" category.
Step 3: Scroll through the list to find the Indian Rupee symbol (₹).
Step 4: Double-click to insert it.
Step 1: Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
Step 2: Click on the "Currency Symbols" category.
Step 3: Scroll through the list to find the Indian Rupee symbol (₹).
Step 4: Double-click to insert it.
Rupee Symbol Information
| Name: | Indian Rupee Sign |
|---|---|
| Unicode Version: | 6.0 (October 2010) |
| Block: | Currency Symbols, U+20A0 - U+20CF [3] |
| Plane: | Basic Multilingual Plane, U+0000 - U+FFFF[3] |
| Script: | Code for undetermined script (Zyyy) [4] |
| Category: | Currency Symbol (Sc) [1] |
| Bidirectional Class: | European Terminator (ET) [1] |
| Combining Class: | Not Reordered (0) [1] |
| HTML Entity: | ₹ ₹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding: | 0xE2 0x82 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding: | 0x20B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding: | 0x000020B9 |
