U+20B8 "₸" Tenge Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+20B8 "₸" Tenge Sign is a currency symbol used to represent the tenge, the official monetary unit of Kazakhstan. Introduced into the Unicode Standard in version 5.2 in 2009, the sign is a stylized letter "T" with a horizontal bar across the top, symbolizing stability and reflecting the national identity of the country. It was adopted shortly after Kazakhstan's currency reform, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation of the tenge across computer systems, operating systems, and fonts worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+20B8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tenge 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x20B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000020B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u20b8 |
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 |