U+09F3 "৳" Bengali Rupee Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+09F3 "৳" Bengali Rupee Sign is a currency symbol used in the Bengali script to represent the rupee, the official monetary unit of Bangladesh and also historically used in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves as a localized alternative to the generic "₹" or "Rs." symbols, visually resembling the Bengali numeral "7" to help distinguish it in written text. The character belongs to the Bengali block of the Unicode standard, enabling its consistent display and encoding across digital platforms and supporting the linguistic and economic identity of Bengali-speaking regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09F3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Rupee Sign |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Currency Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Terminator |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ৳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ৳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA7 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09F3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009F3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09f3 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Postfix Numeric |
| Script | Bengali |
| Script Extensions | Bengali |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |