How to type rupee symbol on Windows 10 keyboard

The rupee is one of the ancient currencies of the world, and currently various countries use it as their official currency. India is the country where this currency originated in ancient times, and this is the country that has the symbol ₹ for it. The original currency symbol for rupees in India was just an abbreviation, written as Rs., but a few years ago the new rupee sign, written as ₹, appeared. Now you can see that symbol everywhere, from being on the coins and bills to appearing on the major online shopping and marketing sites. But many people find it confusing to use it on the keyboard of their computers and laptops. So in this article you will learn how to type rupee symbol on keyboard.


How to type rupee symbol on Windows 10 keyboard

Previously, users had to use some third-party ad-hoc solutions to see and use the ₹ symbol as Windows did not support it. But later Windows started releasing updates to use this symbol via keyboard shortcuts. And it has taken a long time for this ₹ and other symbols to be available for users to use via keyboard shortcuts and other codes on the system. Still, many users have no idea how to use the Rupee symbol hotkey in Windows 10. Read and follow the upcoming methods and steps carefully to learn how to use the Rupee symbol on the keyboard.




Method 1: Download Rupee Symbol via Settings

You can download and install the rupee symbol on your Windows system by following the steps below.


1. Press the Windows + I keys at the same time to open the settings.

2. Click Time and Language in the left pane.

3. Click the Language option in the left pane.

4. In the right pane, click Add a language option, as shown below.

5. Type English in the search box and click on it.

6. Now select English (India) option under English as shown.

7. Now the English (India) option will appear under the Region & Language section. Click on Options from English (India), as shown below.

8. Under Language Options, click the Download option for all three options in the list:

Basic writing

Writing

Speech

Note: You can skip this download step if you just want to use the ₹ symbol. However, you can download these packages to make other formatting settings available through this for Indian users.

Now the Indian English packages are downloaded with the rupee symbol. Read the next method to know how to use rupee symbol keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10.

Method 2: Use keyboard shortcuts

You can also use keyboard shortcuts to type the rupee symbol in Microsoft Word, Excel or any other software on Windows OS. To know how to type rupee symbol on keyboard in Microsoft Word using keyboard shortcuts, follow the steps below.

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1. Press Windows + Space keys simultaneously on your keyboard to switch to English (India) or click English (India) from the right corner of the taskbar.

2. Press the Windows key, type Microsoft Word and click Open.

3. Click on the blank document to open it.

4. Press the Ctrl + Alt + 4 or Ctrl + Alt + $ keys simultaneously from the keyboard to type the ₹ symbol, as shown below. You can also use Alt Gr + 4 or Alt Gr + $ keys together to type the ₹ symbol.

Method 3: Use Alt Shortcut Codes

There are also Alt shortcut codes available for users to easily type multiple symbols on the system. And you can use some of these codes to write the ₹ symbol. Use below mentioned Alt Shortcut Codes to know how to type Indian Rupee Symbol ₹ using keyboard.

You can press the Alt + 8377 keys simultaneously from the number pad on the right side of the keyboard to type the ₹ symbol.

You can also first type 20B9 and then press the Alt + X keys simultaneously on the keyboard to easily type the ₹ symbol.

These Alt shortcut codes are very useful for typing the ₹ symbol. However, these cannot be used on any other documents except Microsoft documents like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. However, you can quickly copy and paste the ₹ symbol from these Microsoft documents and into the other documents.

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Method 4: Use decimal or hexadecimal Escape entity codes

The decimal or hexadecimal escape entity codes are used to write various symbols in web documents such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc. You can use the following entity codes to write the ₹ symbol in any web document.

8377 is used for decimal and 20B9 is used for hexadecimal unit codes to write ₹ symbol.

You can use ₹ HTML Unit Decimal Code and ₹ HTML Unit Hexadecimal Code to write the ₹ symbol in the web documents.

The hexadecimal code 20B9; is used for CSS documents and u20B9 is used for JavaScript documents to write the ₹ symbol.



Now let's look at sample code for CSS and HTML documents to use Indian Rupee symbols on the keyboard.

li:before {

content:20B9;

font-family: Arial;

}<span>₹</span>

<span>₹</span>

Pro tip: How to write rupee symbols in Indian regional languages

Apart from India, countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nepal, Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles use the rupee currency as the official currency. However, there are regional languages ​​in India that have their own rupee symbol for Windows. Below are some of them:

Symbol Name

Rupee Symbol

Alt Codes (Windows)

Rupee Sign

₨

Alt + 8360

Tamil Rupee Sign

௹

Alt + 3065

Gujarati Rupee Sign

૱

Alt + 2801

Bengali Rupee Sign

৳

Alt + 2547


***So this is how to type rupee symbol on keyboard using shortcut keys and Alt codes on Windows system. You can let us know any questions or suggestions about this or any other topic that you would like us to do an article on. Drop them in the comments section below, so we can read them.

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