Indian Rupee Sign vs Yen Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ₹ 20B9 | ¥ 00A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Indian Rupee Sign | Yen Sign |
| Category | Currency Signs | Currency Signs |
| Block | Currency Symbols | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ET |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 20B9 | 00A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+20B9 | U+00A5 |
| HTML Decimal | ₹ | ¥ |
| HTML Hex | ₹ | ¥ |
| CSS | \20B9 | \00A5 |
| JavaScript | \u{20B9} | \u{A5} |
| Python | \u20b9 | \u00a5 |
| UTF-8 | e2 82 b9 | c2 a5 |
How to Distinguish
Both Indian Rupee Sign and Yen Sign are in the Currency Signs category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.