Indian rupee sign

A Devanagari 'ra' with a doubled horizontal bar, marking the Indian rupee.

Also known as: Rupee symbol, INR sign

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Meanings

The Indian rupee sign was adopted in 2010 following a public design competition. It combines the Devanagari letter 'ra' with the Latin R, and its double bar echoes the Indian tricolour.

Common modern usageVerified fact
Marks an amount in Indian rupees.
India · Contexts: Software
Historically documentedDocumented interpretation
Was adopted in 2010 after a public competition, its design combining the Devanagari letter 'ra' with the Latin letter R.
2010 onward · Contexts: Software
Common modern usageVerified fact
Is specific to the Indian rupee; other rupee currencies, such as the Pakistani and Sri Lankan rupee, use different abbreviations.
Contexts: Software

Visual description

A letter R without its leg, crossed near the top by a horizontal bar.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is defined by a current official standard.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is defined by a current official standard.

Sources

Unicode Code Chart: Currency Symbols (U+20A0–U+20CF)
The Unicode Consortium · retrieved 2026-07-30
Authoritative for the character's code point, name and block only. Unicode assigns identity; it does not define what a symbol means in use.
Indian rupee sign
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-07-30
Tertiary reference. Used for widely-agreed identity and origin summary, not for contested detail or exact dates.

Last reviewed 2026-07-30

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Meanings

The Indian rupee sign was adopted in 2010 following a public design competition. It combines the Devanagari letter 'ra' with the Latin R, and its double bar echoes the Indian tricolour.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Marks an amount in Indian rupees.

India · Contexts: Software

Historically documentedDocumented interpretation

Was adopted in 2010 after a public competition, its design combining the Devanagari letter 'ra' with the Latin letter R.

2010 onward · Contexts: Software

Common modern usageVerified fact

Is specific to the Indian rupee; other rupee currencies, such as the Pakistani and Sri Lankan rupee, use different abbreviations.

Contexts: Software

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is defined by a current official standard.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is defined by a current official standard.

Sources

Unicode Code Chart: Currency Symbols (U+20A0–U+20CF)
The Unicode Consortium · retrieved 2026-07-30
Authoritative for the character's code point, name and block only. Unicode assigns identity; it does not define what a symbol means in use.
Indian rupee sign
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-07-30
Tertiary reference. Used for widely-agreed identity and origin summary, not for contested detail or exact dates.

Last reviewed 2026-07-30