U+0AF1 "૱" Gujarati Rupee Sign Unicode Character

U+0AF1 "૱" Gujarati Rupee Sign is a symbol used in the Gujarati script to denote the currency unit of the Indian rupee, particularly in historical and regional contexts before the widespread adoption of the current rupee sign ₹. It is designed to integrate visually with Gujarati text, featuring a distinctive curved shape that aligns with the script's flowing aesthetic. This character was encoded in Unicode version 4.0, released in 2003, as part of the Gujarati block to support the representation of financial and monetary values in digital documents and systems using the Gujarati language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0AF1
Version Added	4.0
Name	Gujarati Rupee Sign
Block	Gujarati
General Category	Currency Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Terminator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	૱
HTML Hex Encoding	૱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xAB 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0AF1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000AF1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0af1

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	Prefix Numeric
Script	Gujarati
Script Extensions	Gujarati
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other