How to Type Rupee Symbol in Keyboard on Windows 10

The rupee is one of the ancient currencies in the world, with currently various countries using it as an 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 initial currency symbol for rupees in India was merely an abbreviation, written as Rs., but a few years ago, the new rupee sign, written as ₹, emerged. Now, you can see that symbol everywhere, from being on the coins and bills to being shown on the big online shopping and marketing websites. However, many folks find it confusing to use it on the keyboard on their pc and laptops. So, in this article, you will get to know how to type rupee symbol in keyboard. Read the article till the end to learn how to type Indian rupee symbol ₹ with keyboard on Windows 10.

How to Type Rupee Symbol in Keyboard on Windows 10

Earlier, users had to use some 3^rd party ad-hoc solutions to view and use the ₹ symbol as Windows didn’t support it. But later, Windows started releasing updates to use this symbol via keyboard shortcuts. And it has been a long time for this ₹ and other symbols being available for users to use via keyboard shortcuts and other codes on the system. Yet, many users have no idea how to use Rupee symbol keyboard shortcut in Windows 10. Read and follow the upcoming methods and steps carefully to learn how to use Rupee symbol in keyboard.

Method 1: Download Rupee Symbol via Settings

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

1. Taabo riix Furayaasha Windows + I isku mar si loo furo Settings.

2. Guji Waqtiga & luqadda laga soo galo bidixda bidix.

3. Guji bogga Luuqad ikhtiyaarka laga bilaabo muraayadda bidix.

4. In the right pane, click Ku dar luqad ikhtiyaarka, sida hoos ku sawiran.

5. Nooca Ingiriis in the search box and click on it.

6. Hadda, dooro Ingiriis (Hindiya) doorashada hoosta Ingiriis, sida ka muuqata.

7. Hadda, Ingiriis (Hindiya) option will appear under the Gobol & luqad qaybta. Guji the Options ka Ingiriis (Hindiya), sida ka muuqata hoosta.

8. Under Xulashooyinka Luqadda, guji Download option for all the three options in the list:

• Basic typing
• Qorista gacmaha
• Hadalka

note: You can skip this downloading step if you only want to use the ₹ symbol. However, you can download these packs to get other formatting settings available through this for Indian users.

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

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

1. Taabo riix Windows + Spacebar keys together on your keyboard to switch to Ingiriis (Hindiya) ama guji Ingiriis (Hindiya) from the right corner of the taskbar.

2. Ku dhufo Furaha Windows, nooca Microsoft Word iyo guji Open.

3. Guji bogga Dukumeenti maran si aad u furto.

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

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Method 3: Use Alt Shortcut Codes

There are also Alt shortcut codes available to users to type several symbols on the system with ease. And you can use some of those codes to type the ₹ symbol. Use below mentioned Alt shortcut codes to know how to type Indian rupee symbol ₹ with keyboard.

• Waad riixi kartaa Alt + 8377 furayaasha simultaneously from the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard to type the ₹ symbol.
• Also, you can first type 20B9 kadibna riix Alt+X furayaasha together on the keyboard to write the ₹ symbol easily.

These Alt shortcut codes are very useful to type the ₹ symbol. However, these can’t be used on any other documents except Microsoft documents like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. Still, you can copy and paste the ₹ symbol from these Microsoft documents and to the other documents swiftly.

Method 4: Use Decimal or Hexadecimal Escape Entity Codes

The decimal or hexadecimal escape entity codes are used to type various symbols on 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 entity codes to type ₹ symbol.
• Waxaad isticmaali kartaa ₹ HTML entity decimal code and ₹ HTML entity hexadecimal code to type the ₹ symbol in the web documents.
• The hexadecimal code 20B9; waxaa loo isticmaalaa CSS documents and u20B9 is used for JavaScript documents to type the ₹ symbol.

Now, let us look at the examples of code for CSS and HTML documents to use Indian rupee symbol in keyboard.

li:before {
content:20B9;
font-family:Arial;
}

<span>₹</span>
<span>₹</span>

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Pro Tip: How to Type 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 one. However, there are regional languages in India that have their own rupee symbol for Windows. Below are some of them:

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