How do I type the ₨ rupee sign symbol?

On Windows, type 20A8 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 20a8. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ₨?

Rupee Sign is U+20A8. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will ₨ survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Rupee Sign is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with Rs. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+20A8 · Currency symbol

Rupee Sign Symbol ₨

₨ is rupee sign, U+20A8. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of Rs (compat form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Currency symbol.

What Unicode says about ₨

India, unofficial legacy practice

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+20A8`
HTML hex	`₨`
HTML decimal	`₨`
CSS	`\20A8`
JavaScript	`\u{20A8}`
Python	`\U000020A8`
Java / C#	`\u20A8`
Rust	`\u{20a8}`
Swift	`\u{20A8}`
PHP	`\u{20A8}`
URL encoded	`%E2%82%A8`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 82 A8`
UTF-16 bytes	`20A8`
Base64	`4oKo`
Decimal	`8360`
Decomposes to	Rs (compat form)
Category	Currency symbol (Sc)
Introduced	Unicode 1.1

Will ₨ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ₨ as Rs. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. ₨ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Unicode cross-references

The standard points readers of ₨ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.

₹U+20B9indian rupee sign

Nearby in Currency Symbols

Currencies that were not already in Latin-1. The block grows as economies adopt new signs: the euro arrived in 1998, the Indian rupee in 2010, the Saudi riyal in 2025.

All 34 characters in Currency Symbols →

How to type ₨

Windows	Type `20A8` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “rupee sign”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `20a8`, press `Enter`
HTML	`₨`

About Unicode’s Currency symbol category

Unicode classifies this as a currency symbol. Spreadsheets and number formatters recognise the category, which is why a cell formatted as currency can display it without being told it is text.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ₨ rupee sign symbol?: On Windows, type 20A8 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 20a8. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ₨?: Rupee Sign is U+20A8. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ₨ survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Rupee Sign is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with Rs. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.