U+20A4 "₤" Lira Sign Unicode Character

U+20A4 "₤" Lira Sign is a currency symbol used to represent the lira, the former official monetary unit of several countries, most notably Italy, Turkey, and Malta before they adopted the euro or other currencies. It visually resembles a capital letter L with a double horizontal stroke through its stem, distinguishing it from the single-stroked pound sterling sign, though the two are often confused. In modern usage, the Lira Sign is primarily historical for Italy and Malta, but it remains in active use for the Turkish lira, which is also represented by a similar symbol. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper rendering and interchange of this currency indicator across digital platforms and texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+20A4
Version Added	1.1
Name	Lira Sign
Block	Currency Symbols
General Category	Currency Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Terminator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	₤
HTML Hex Encoding	₤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x82 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x20A4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000020A4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u20a4

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