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Need to add the Indian rupee symbol to your document, website, email, or when sending a DM? We got you covered. In this guide, we’ll go through everything you need to know about inserting the Indian rupee sign on your keyboard and smartphone.
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The Indian rupee sign looks like this:
₹
It’s used as the official symbol for currency in India. It is believed to originate from an amalgamation of Devanagari ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’. The two horizontal lines represent the national flag (as well as the mathematical ‘equal’ sign).
The rupee symbol was only officially adopted relatively recently, in July 2010. ¹
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The rupee symbol generally comes before the number, and there’s no space in between. So when you’re writing a sum of money such as 1000 rupees, you’d write it like this: ₹1000.
On the foreign exchange market, the Indian rupee is abbreviated to INR. So if you’re converting currency or buying travel money, this is the three-letter code to look for.
However, another commonly used way to express rupees is with Rs. So, ₹1000 may be written as Rs. 1000.
If you need to type the Indian rupee sign, here’s how to do it on both a Windows PC/laptop and a Mac device.
Let’s look at Windows PCs first. There are a few ways you can do it:
For Mac devices, you can use a similar keyboard shortcut. Hold down the Option key, then type 20B9. You can also find the Indian rupee symbol in your Mac’s character viewer.
For ease, you can also go ahead and copy and paste the rupee symbol from here:
₹
If you’re using a smartphone, tablet or other mobile device, here’s how to insert the rupee symbol into a message or search query.
For both iOS and Android devices, you simply need to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. If the rupee symbol doesn’t appear, you can hold down the $ sign to see further currency symbols.
Don’t have a keyboard? There are a couple of ways you can insert a rupee sign on your word processor without having to type.
On applications such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you can simply follow these steps:
There’s also a shortcut. Simply type 20B9 and then press the Alt and X keys together, and the code will automatically turn into the rupee symbol.
After reading this guide, you should be all set to use the rupee symbol on your Mac, PC or your mobile device whenever you need to.
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Sources last checked on date: 14-May-2023
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