U+20B5 "₵" Cedi Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
₵
U+20B5 "₵" Cedi Sign is the official currency symbol for the Ghanaian cedi, representing the monetary unit of Ghana. It was introduced into the Unicode Standard as part of the Currency Symbols block to facilitate digital representation of the currency in electronic texts and systems. The symbol is distinct from the Ghanaian cedi’s ISO 4217 code, GHS, and is often used to denote prices and financial amounts in Ghana. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure consistent and accurate rendering across global platforms, supporting economic and cultural communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+20B5 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Cedi 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 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x20B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000020B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u20b5 |
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 |