U+20A6 "₦" Naira Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
₦
U+20A6 "₦" Naira Sign is the official currency symbol for the Nigerian naira, the legal tender of Nigeria. Introduced in 1999, this character features a capital letter N crossed by two horizontal strokes, a design that distinguishes it from other similar currency symbols. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols block of the Unicode Standard, enabling its consistent representation across digital platforms and text systems worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+20A6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Naira 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x20A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000020A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u20a6 |
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 |