What 𑿟 means
It marks pon in historical Tamil records.
𑿟 marks pon, an old Tamil gold unit tied to monetary value and the weight of gold. A kalanju is a traditional gold-weight unit, so pon does not convert to one fixed amount of modern money.
An inscription from the Uttama Chola period gives an early recorded example. The numerals 70 and 1 before the sign are read together as 71 pon in a record of invested gold funding a temple lamp. Unicode standardized the character in 2019; that is a digital-text date, not the sign's origin.
Is it a rupee or panam sign?
No; it marks the historical unit pon.
Tamil records place pon in an older currency vocabulary with panam and kaacu; varaakan names a different gold coin associated with a boar emblem. These marks refer to distinct entries, not interchangeable units. Read the amount with its unit and period instead of converting it straight into rupees.
Why does 𑿟 show as a box?
The font may not include its glyph.
On fonts without Tamil Supplement coverage, the sign may appear as an empty box while the text still contains 𑿟. In a Unicode-aware editor that supports hexadecimal entry, enter U11FDF; if the sign is absent or boxed, check the font's Tamil Supplement support.
Archival and specialist; the documented setting is Tamil monetary accounting for temple service.
Do not convert a pon amount to rupees without its period and unit context.
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Questions people ask
2Can I use 𑿟 for rupees today?
No. It marks the historical Tamil unit pon, not a modern rupee amount; use a current currency sign or write the amount explicitly.
Why is 𑿟 a square on my screen?
A font can lack the glyph while the text still contains 𑿟. Use a font with Tamil Supplement coverage to see its shape.
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How to type or find 𑿟
- Also called
- pon
- Search it as
- pon sign · Tamil pon symbol · old Tamil pon mark · pon panam · Tamil currency symbol · Tamil rupee symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑿟\11FDFCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.