Bengali Currency Numerator One

In old Bengali money notation, ৴ denotes one anna, a unit equal to one sixteenth of a rupee. It appears in accounting marks used to record prices and amounts.

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What ৴ means

It marks one anna in historical Bengali accounting. One anna was one sixteenth of a rupee. In account notation, ৴ worked with ৹ and related signs to write amounts and prices.

Halhed's 1778 Bengali grammar records the notation; it was in use by then, though this does not tell us when it began. The system was used up to 1957. Bengali signs are linked to fraction signs in the Odia script and other North Indian traditions, but the systems use distinct forms.

As of 2026, Unicode labels ৴ as “not in current usage.”

If ৴ arrives alone, ask for context; this historical sign is not a current price.

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Who writes ৴

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Questions people ask

Why does ৴ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.