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The design is based on the [[Devanagari script|Devanagari letter]] "र" ([[Devanagari script#Consonants|ra]]) with a double horizontal line at the top. It also resembles the [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] capital letter "R", especially [[R rotunda]] (Ꝛ). | The design is based on the [[Devanagari script|Devanagari letter]] "र" ([[Devanagari script#Consonants|ra]]) with a double horizontal line at the top. It also resembles the [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] capital letter "R", especially [[R rotunda]] (Ꝛ). | ||
The Unicode character for the Indian rupee sign is | The Unicode character for the Indian rupee sign is U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN. Other countries that use a rupee, such as [[Sri Lankan rupee|Sri Lanka]], [[Pakistani rupee|Pakistan]] and [[Nepalese rupee|Nepal]], still use the generic U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN character. | ||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
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== Unicode == | == Unicode == | ||
[[File:Indian Rupee symbol.svg|thumb|upright 0.4|Indian rupee symbol in graphic form]] | [[File:Indian Rupee symbol.svg|thumb|upright 0.4|Indian rupee symbol in graphic form]] | ||
On 10 August 2010, the [[Unicode Technical Committee]] accepted the proposed code position | On 10 August 2010, the [[Unicode Technical Committee]] accepted the proposed code position U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN (HTML ₹).<ref name="Unicode proposal">{{cite web|url=http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf|title=Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS|author=Michael Everson|author-link=Michael Everson|date=19 July 2010|access-date=30 July 2010}}</ref> The character has been encoded in the Unicode 6.0, and named distinctly from the existing character U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN (HTML ₨), which will continue to be available as the [[generic rupee sign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf|title=Unicode Currency Chart|website=Unicode.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/08/26223436/U20B9Rupee-gets-Unicode-ide.html?atype=tp|title=U+20B9: Rupee gets Unicode identity|website=Livemint.com}}</ref> | ||
[[Ubuntu]] became the first [[operating system]] to support the Indian rupee symbol by default in 2010. Since [[Ubuntu version history#1010|its 10.10 version]] it has supported the symbol out-of-the-box,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kde.org/node/4331|title=The Ubuntu Font, now with added Rupee - blogs.kde.org|website=Blogs.kde.org}}</ref> as it was added to the [[Ubuntu (typeface)|Ubuntu font family]] by a contributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://font.ubuntu.com/rupee/|title=Ubuntu font|last=Canonical|website=Font.ubuntu.com}}</ref> Since then, it has been included in various [[Linux|GNU/Linux]] distributions. On systems running Ubuntu, most other [[Linux distribution]]s and [[Chrome OS]], the symbol may be typed using {{keypress|Ctrl|Shift|u}}{{nbsp}}{{keypress|2|0|B|9|Space|chain=}} (or simply {{keypress|AltGr|4}} if the 'English (India)' language setting is used). | [[Ubuntu]] became the first [[operating system]] to support the Indian rupee symbol by default in 2010. Since [[Ubuntu version history#1010|its 10.10 version]] it has supported the symbol out-of-the-box,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kde.org/node/4331|title=The Ubuntu Font, now with added Rupee - blogs.kde.org|website=Blogs.kde.org}}</ref> as it was added to the [[Ubuntu (typeface)|Ubuntu font family]] by a contributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://font.ubuntu.com/rupee/|title=Ubuntu font|last=Canonical|website=Font.ubuntu.com}}</ref> Since then, it has been included in various [[Linux|GNU/Linux]] distributions. On systems running Ubuntu, most other [[Linux distribution]]s and [[Chrome OS]], the symbol may be typed using {{keypress|Ctrl|Shift|u}}{{nbsp}}{{keypress|2|0|B|9|Space|chain=}} (or simply {{keypress|AltGr|4}} if the 'English (India)' language setting is used). | ||