U+0BF9 "௹" Tamil Rupee Sign Unicode Character

U+0BF9 "௹" Tamil Rupee Sign is a typographic symbol used in the Tamil script to represent currency, specifically the Indian rupee, and is part of the Tamil block of Unicode. It was encoded in Unicode version 4.0 in April 2003 to support the historical and contemporary use of a distinct symbol for the rupee in Tamil-language contexts, particularly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sign features a unique curved design that distinguishes it from other rupee notations and helps maintain linguistic and cultural identity in digital text, though its practical usage has been largely replaced by the generic Indian rupee sign ₹ in modern electronic communications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0BF9
Version Added	4.0
Name	Tamil Rupee Sign
Block	Tamil
General Category	Currency Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Terminator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	௹
HTML Hex Encoding	௹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xAF 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0BF9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000BF9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0bf9

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