U+20BB "₻" Nordic Mark Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
₻
U+20BB "₻" Nordic Mark Sign is a historic typographic symbol representing a unit of currency or weight that was used in the Nordic countries, particularly in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, during the Middle Ages. Defined as being equivalent to half a mark, it is a legacy character included in Unicode to support digital preservation of historical texts and financial records. This sign is rarely used in modern contexts but is important for scholars and archivists working with medieval Nordic manuscripts, as it ensures accurate representation of original numerical and monetary notations without relying on ambiguous substitutions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+20BB |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Nordic Mark 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 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x20BB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000020BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u20bb |
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 | Postfix 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 |