U+20AD "₭" Kip Sign Unicode Character

U+20AD "₭" Kip Sign is the currency symbol for the Lao kip, the official currency of Laos, and was added to the Unicode standard in version 3.2 in 2002 to facilitate its digital representation. This symbol is derived from the Latin letter K with a single or double horizontal stroke, visually indicating its function as a monetary denotation, and is used in financial contexts within Laos and in international currency exchange settings. While the kip sign is distinct from other similar symbols like the Kenyan shilling sign or the South Korean won sign, its adoption in Unicode ensures consistent encoding across different computing platforms and text systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+20AD
Version Added	3.0
Name	Kip 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 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x20AD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000020AD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u20ad

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