Currency Symbols (Unicode block)
Currency Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing unique monetary signs. Many currency signs can be found in other Unicode blocks, especially when the currency symbol is unique to a country that uses a script not generally used outside that country.
The display of Unicode currency symbols among various typefaces is inconsistent, more so than other characters in the repertoire. The French franc sign (U+20A3) is typically displayed as a struck-through F (
), but alternate versions of the sign include an Fr ligature (
, as originally transcribed in the Unicode standard through version 2.0) and a double-struck through gamma (
). The peseta sign (U+20A7), inherited from code page 437, is usually displayed as a Pts ligature (
), but Roboto displays it as a Pt ligature (
) and Arial Unicode MS displays it as a partially struck-through P (
). The rupee sign (U+20A8) is usually displayed as an Rs digraph (
), but Microsoft Sans Serif uses the quantity-neutral "Rp" digraph (
) instead.
Block
| Currency Symbols[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+20Ax | ₠ | ₡ | ₢ | ₣ | ₤ | ₥ | ₦ | ₧ | ₨ | ₩ | ₪ | ₫ | € | ₭ | ₮ | ₯ |
| U+20Bx | ₰ | ₱ | ₲ | ₳ | ₴ | ₵ | ₶ | ₷ | ₸ | ₹ | ₺ | ₻ | ₼ | ₽ | ₾ | ₿ |
| U+20Cx | ⃀ | | ||||||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Currency Symbols block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | UTC ID | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | U+20A0..20AA | 11 | (to be determined) | |||
| L2/19-010 | "Representative glyph for U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN", Comments on Public Review Issues (Sept 14, 2018 - January 11, 2019), 2019-01-11 | |||||
| 2.0 | U+20AB | 1 | N1092R | Encoding the Vietnamese currency symbol in the BMP [UTC/1995-014], 1995-03-06 | ||
| N1203 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.2.1", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva | |||||
| UTC/1995-xxx | "Proposal from TCVN/TCI on Vietnamese Currency Symbol Dong", Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #65, Minutes, 1995-06-02 | |||||
| N1232 | Usage of Dong Symbol, 1995-06-20 | |||||
| N1315 | Updated Table of replies and national body feedback on pDAM7 - Additional characters (SC2 N2656), 1996-01-09 | |||||
| N1539 | Table of Replies and Feedback on Amendment 7 – Hebrew etc., 1997-01-29 | |||||
| L2/97-127 | N1563 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-27), Draft Report on JTC1 letter ballot on DAM No. 7 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (33 additional characters) | ||||
| N1572 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-06-23), Almost Final Text – DAM 7 – 33 additional characters | |||||
| L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "5.3.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 | ||||
| 2.1 | U+20AC | 1 | N1567 | Ross, Hugh McGregor (1997-06-06), The Euro Currency Symbol | ||
| L2/97-081 | N1566 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-06-23), EURO in ISO 10646 | ||||
| L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 | ||||
| L2/98-004R | N1681 | Text of ISO 10646 – AMD 18 for PDAM registration and FPDAM ballot, 1997-12-22 | ||||
| L2/98-318 | N1894 | Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 18, AMENDMENT 18: Symbols and Others, 1998-10-22 | ||||
| 3.0 | U+20AD | 1 | L2/98-061 | N1720 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-02-27), KIP SIGN - Laotian Currency Sign | |
| L2/98-070 | Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "4.C.2", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998 | |||||
| L2/98-286 | N1703 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.15", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20 | ||||
| L2/98-321 | N1905 | Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 23, AMENDMENT 23: Bopomofo Extended and other characters, 1998-10-22 | ||||
| U+20AE | 1 | L2/98-360 | N1857 | Sato, T. K. (1998-08-15), Addition of Tugrik sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1 | ||
| L2/98-372 | N1884R2 (pdf,doc) | Whistler, Ken; et al. (1998-09-22), Additional Characters for the UCS | ||||
| L2/98-329 | N1920 | Combined PDAM registration and consideration ballot on WD for ISO/IEC 10646-1/Amd. 30, AMENDMENT 30: Additional Latin and other characters, 1998-10-28 | ||||
| L2/99-010 | N1903 (pdf,html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "8.2.13", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25 | ||||
| U+20AF | 1 | L2/99-025 | N1946 | Everson, Michael (1999-01-20), Addition of the DRACHMA SIGN to the UCS | ||
| L2/99-077.1 | N1975 | Irish Comments on SC 2 N 3210, 1999-01-20 | ||||
| N2021 | Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-05), FPDAM 30 Text - Additional Latin and other char. | |||||
| L2/99-232 | N2003 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.1.4 and 7.2.1.3", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15 | ||||
| L2/00-010 | N2103 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-01-05), "6.4.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16 | ||||
| L2/10-253 | N3866 | Everson, Michael (2010-07-19), Proposal to change the glyph of the DRACHMA SIGN | ||||
| 3.2 | U+20B0 | 1 | L2/98-309 | Dünßer, Elmar (1998-09-10), "Script D Symbol with Tail" alias "German Penny Symbol" | ||
| L2/98-419 (pdf,doc) | Aliprand, Joan (1999-02-05), "Symbol D with a Tail/German Penny Symbol", Approved Minutes -- UTC #78 & NCITS Subgroup L2 # 175 Joint Meeting, San Jose, CA -- December 1-4, 1998 | |||||
| L2/00-092 | N2188 | Freytag, Asmus (2000-03-14), Proposal to add German Penny Symbol | ||||
| L2/00-234 | N2203 (rtf,txt) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.8", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24 | ||||
| L2/01-050 | N2253 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "7.21", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000, Disposition: Accept name change from GERMAN PENNY SYMBOL to GERMAN PENNY SIGN | ||||
| U+20B1 | 1 | L2/98-361 | N1858 | Sato, T. K. (1998-08-21), Addition of Peso sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1 | ||
| L2/99-010 | N1903 (pdf,html, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "8.2.13", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25 | ||||
| N2040 | Sato, Takayuki K. (1999-06-10), Peso sign | |||||
| L2/00-010 | N2103 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-01-05), "8.3", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16 | ||||
| L2/00-013 | N2156 | Sato, T. K. (2000-01-06), Peso sign and Peseta sign (U-20A7) | ||||
| L2/00-053 | N2161 | Sato, T. K. (2000-02-20), Peso -- Character sample | ||||
| L2/00-234 | N2203 (rtf,txt) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.6", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24 | ||||
| L2/00-115R2 | Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M2", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83 | |||||
| 4.1 | U+20B2..20B3 | 2 | L2/03-095 | N2579 | Everson, Michael (2003-02-24), Proposal to encode the GUARANI SIGN and the AUSTRAL SIGN in the UCS | |
| U+20B4..20B5 | 2 | L2/04-139 | N2743 | Everson, Michael (2004-04-23), Proposal to encode the HRYVNIA SIGN and the CEDI SIGN in the UCS | ||
| 5.2 | U+20B6 | 1 | L2/07-332 | N3387 | Sewell, David R. (2007-11-24), Proposal to encode the Livre Tournois sign in the UCS | |
| L2/08-003 | Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Livre Tournois Sign", UTC #114 Minutes | |||||
| L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 | ||||
| U+20B7 | 1 | L2/08-115 | N3390 | Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal to encode the Esperanto SPESMILO SIGN in the UCS | ||
| L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 | ||||
| L2/08-161R2 | Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Consensus 115-C28", UTC #115 Minutes | |||||
| U+20B8 | 1 | L2/08-116 | N3392 | Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal to encode the Kazakh TENGE SIGN in the UCS | ||
| L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 | ||||
| L2/08-161R2 | Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Kazakh Tenge Sign", UTC #115 Minutes | |||||
| 6.0 | U+20B9 | 1 | N3868 | Deka, Rabin (2010-07-15), Letter in support of India's National Currency Symbol | ||
| L2/10-251 | Deka, Rabin (2010-07-16), Proposal to Encode India's National Currency Symbol | |||||
| L2/10-249R | N3862R | Everson, Michael (2010-07-19), Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS | ||||
| L2/10-258 | N3887 | Lata, Swaran (2010-07-19), Proposal to encode the Indian Rupee Symbol in the UCS | ||||
| N3869 | Proposal Summary Form for Indian Rupee Symbol, 2010-07-20 | |||||
| L2/10-299R | Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-08-06), "RUPEE currency sign", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC | |||||
| L2/10-221 | Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "D.2", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes | |||||
| N3903 (pdf,doc) | "M57.02a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31 | |||||
| 6.2 | U+20BA | 1 | L2/11-353 | Moore, Lisa (2011-11-30), "C.8", UTC #129 / L2 #226 Minutes | ||
| L2/12-117 | N4258R | Everson, Michael (2012-04-17), Proposal to encode the Turkish Lira Sign | ||||
| L2/12-132 | N4273 | Uluırmak, Sacit (2012-04-27), Proposal to Encode the Turkish Lira Symbol in the UCS | ||||
| L2/12-112 | Moore, Lisa (2012-05-17), "C.5", UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes | |||||
| N4353 (pdf,doc) | "M60.01", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23 | |||||
| 7.0 | U+20BB | 1 | L2/12-242 | N4308 | Evensen, Nina Marie; Anderson, Deborah (2012-07-24), Proposal for one historic currency character, MARK SIGN | |
| L2/12-239 | Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "C.10", UTC #132 Minutes | |||||
| L2/12-371 | N4377 | Suignard, Michel (2012-10-24), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4239 (PDAM2.2 text to ISO/IEC 10646 3rd edition) | ||||
| L2/12-343R2 | Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C10", UTC #133 Minutes, Change the name of U+20BB MARK SIGN to NORDIC MARK SIGN. | |||||
| N4353 (pdf,doc) | "M60.05d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23 | |||||
| U+20BC | 1 | L2/11-231R | Yevstifeyev, Mykyta (2011-08-05), Revised Proposal to encode Azerbaijani manat sign in the UCS (minor update) | |||
| L2/11-366 | Pentzlin, Karl (2011-10-21), Additional evidence for the Azerbaijan Manat symbol as proposed in L2/11-231R | |||||
| L2/11-420 | N4163 | Pentzlin, Karl (2011-10-31), Letter from Central Bank of Azerbaijan Regarding Manat Sign | ||||
| L2/12-047 | N4168 | Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS, 2011-11-10 | ||||
| L2/13-180 | N4445 | Pentzlin, Karl (2013-06-10), Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS | ||||
| L2/13-132 | Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C5", UTC #136 Minutes, Accept U+20BC MANAT SIGN for encoding in Unicode 7.0 | |||||
| N4403 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.8 Azerbaijani Manat currency sign", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14 | |||||
| U+20BD | 1 | L2/14-039 | N4529 | Proposal to add the currency sign for the RUSSIAN RUBLE to the UCS, 2014-01-21 | ||
| L2/14-053 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-01-26), "24", Recommendations to UTC #138 February 2014 on Script Proposals | |||||
| L2/13-235R2 | N4512R2 | Everson, Michael (2014-02-04), Proposal to encode the RUBLE SIGN in the UCS | ||||
| L2/14-026 | Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "E.1.2", UTC #138 Minutes | |||||
| N4553 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.02a, M62.02e", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA | |||||
| 8.0 | U+20BE | 1 | L2/14-170 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "14", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals | ||
| L2/14-161R | N4593 | Shermazanashvili, Giorgi (2014-08-14), Adding Georgian Lari currency sign | ||||
| L2/14-177 | Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Adding Georgian Lari currency sign (E.2)", UTC #140 Minutes | |||||
| L2/15-168 | Shermazanashvili, Giorgi (2015-07-06), The Lari Symbol: Implementation Principles and Supplementary Manual | |||||
| L2/15-204 | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2015-07-25), "12. Currency Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals | |||||
| L2/15-187 | Moore, Lisa (2015-08-11), "B.13.3.1", UTC #144 Minutes | |||||
| L2/16-052 | N4603 (pdf,doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11q", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 | ||||
| N4739 | "6.3 E3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 64, 2016-08-31 | |||||
| 10.0 | U+20BF | 1 | L2/11-129 | van Geloven, Sander (2011-03-24), Addition of Bitcoin Sign | ||
| L2/11-116 | Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "C.14", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes | |||||
| L2/15-229 | Shirriff, Ken (2015-10-02), Proposal for addition of bitcoin sign | |||||
| L2/15-312 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "9. Bitcoin", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals | |||||
| L2/15-254 | Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "E.2", UTC #145 Minutes | |||||
| L2/19-243 | N5106 | Suignard, Michel (2019-06-20), "E1", Disposition of comments on ISO/IEC CD.2 10646 6th edition | ||||
| 14.0 | U+20C0 | 1 | L2/20-261 | Proposal to add the currency sign for the KYRGYZ SOM, 2020-07-10 | ||
| L2/20-250 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "19. Currency Symbol", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals | |||||
| L2/20-237 | Moore, Lisa (2020-10-27), "Consensus 165-C20", UTC #165 Minutes | |||||
| 17.0 | U+20C1 | 1 | L2/25-073 | Alkatheri, Saleh Saeed (2025-02-20), Proposal to Encode the New Saudi Riyal Symbol | ||
| L2/25-074 | Maqtari, Sultan (2025-02-21), Proposal to Update the Shape of the Saudi Riyal Symbol (U+FDFC) | |||||
| L2/25-072 | Miller, Kirk (2025-02-24), Unicode request for Saudi riyal sign | |||||
| L2/25-075 | Proposal to add the currency sign for the SAUDI RIYAL to the UCS, 2025-03-07 | |||||
| L2/25-076 | Pournader, Roozbeh; Goregaokar, Manish; Constable, Peter; Kučera, Jan (2025-03-10), SEW Recommendations on Encoding the Saudi Riyal Currency Symbol | |||||
| L2/25-091R | Kučera, Jan; et al. (2025-04-22), "1.1 Saudi Riyal Sign", Recommendations to UTC #183 (April 2025) on Script Proposals | |||||
| L2/25-085 | Leroy, Robin (2025-04-28), "D.1 1.1 Saudi Riyal Sign", UTC #183 Minutes | |||||
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References
- ↑"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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