What ₦ means
₦ is Nigeria’s currency mark. Its earliest verified use here is on 1973 naira denominations, labelling the decimal currency that replaced pounds and shillings. As of 2026-09-12, the reviewed sources identify no single designer or earlier form. They show no separate change in meaning: in 2007, some notes replaced Hausa Ajami with Latin-script Hausa, but that dispute concerned language on the notes, not ₦. Unicode groups it with currency signs; this does not prove historical descent.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ₦ 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.
How to type ₦
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 20A6, then Alt+X to get ₦.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “naira sign”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 20a6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
₦CSS
\20A6Keyboard or app
Search its symbol picker for “naira”; if ₦ becomes a box, change fonts.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
₦
HTML hex
₦
CSS content
content: "\20A6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%82%A6
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.