₹

₹ U+20B9, ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN ← ₸ [U+20B8] Currency Symbols ₺ → [U+20BA]

Translingual

Etymology

A hybrid of the Devanagari letter र (“ra”), the first consonant in रुपया (rupyā, “rupee”), and the Latin letter R, overstruck with an additional line similar to other currency symbols such as ¥ (“yen”), ₱ (“peso”) etc. It was created by Indian designer Udaya Kumar and introduced by the Indian government in 2010.

Symbol

₹

1. The symbol representing the Indian rupee.

Usage notes

When used as a currency symbol, ₹ precedes the number it qualifies in English, despite being pronounced second. For example, “₹5” is read as “five rupees”, not “rupees five” unlike the usage in languages such as Hindi: “5₹”.

See also

Currency signs

• ¤ – currency wildcard
• ؋ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• – cifrão
• $ – dollar
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ – dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin, guilder, gulden
• ₲ – guarani
• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₾ – lari
• ₺ – Turkish lira
• ₼ – manat
• ₥ – mill
• ₦ – naira
• ₱ – Philippine peso
• £ or ₤ – pound, lira
• ﷼ – Iranian rial
• – Saudi riyal
• ៛ – riel
• ₽ – ruble
• ₨ – rupee
• ₹ – Indian rupee
• ₪ – new shekel
• ⃀ – Kyrgyzstani som
• ₸ – tenge
• ₮ – tugrik, tether
• ₩ – won
• ¥ – yen, yuan

Language-specific currency signs

• ৳ – Bengali rupee sign
• ৲ – Bengali taka sign
• ৹ – Bengali ana sign
• ৻ – Bengali ganda sign
• રૂ૰ – Gujarati rupee sign
• ꠸ – North Indic rupee sign
• ௹ – Tamil rupee sign
• 𞱱 – Urdu rupee sign
• 𞋿 – Wancho rupee sign
• ރ – rufiyaa (in Dhiveli)
• 円 – yen (in Japanese)
• 元 – yuan (in Chinese)
• 圓 / 圆 – yuan (in Chinese)

Formerly used currency signs

• 𐆚 – Roman as
• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – European Currency Unit
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• 𐆖 – Roman denarius
• ₯ – drachma
• ₣ – French franc
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark
• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• 𐆘 – Roman sesterce
• ₷ – spesmilo
• – old Israeli shekel