Shekel Symbol ₪

The exact copyable form documented for Shekel Symbol is ₪, encoded as U+20AA (NEW SHEQEL SIGN). ₪ is U+20AA NEW SHEQEL SIGN, the currency sign used for the Israeli new shekel. The ISO 4217 code is ILS. Representative uses include ₪50; Price: 120 ₪; ILS 1,000. These examples keep Shekel Symbol tied to Price displays, Invoices, Travel budgets rather than to a broad visual resemblance. Use ILS or the currency name where readers, systems, or multi-currency tables need unambiguous identification. Related forms reviewed here are ILS — ISO currency code (Three-letter code for Israeli new shekel); NIS — New Israeli shekel abbreviation (Common English abbreviation). For the shekel symbol entry, they are useful comparisons, but none should replace ₪ without checking the intended identity. For the shekel symbol entry, a visually similar result is not sufficient when the destination requires the exact form ₪. Editors should follow these checks: In price displays, identify ₪ as Shekel Symbol and explain the exact role it performs before the reader relies on it; For invoices, retain the sequence U+20AA; do not silently replace ₪ with the related form ILS; When shekel symbol appears in travel budgets, apply this convention: Use the currency code when the sign or abbreviation could be ambiguous; While preparing currency tables, compare ₪ with NIS and ש״ח, then keep the version whose meaning matches the source. For the shekel symbol entry, these rules keep the notation readable without inventing a broader meaning for ₪. For web text, the saved decimal form is ₪, the hexadecimal form is ₪, and the CSS escape is 20AA. Literal UTF-8 is appropriate for Shekel Symbol when the destination preserves the complete U+20AA form of ₪. For input, the saved Windows method is: In Microsoft Word, type 20AA and press Alt+X. For the shekel symbol entry, in other Windows apps, use Character Map or copy ₪ from this page. For the shekel symbol entry, the saved Mac method is: Open Character Viewer with Control+Command+Space and search for the first character name, or copy ₪ from this page. On devices without a direct input method for Shekel Symbol, paste the complete form ₪ and verify U+20AA afterward. The references attached to Shekel Symbol are used to confirm NEW SHEQEL SIGN, the notation boundary, and the accessibility checks recorded for ₪. The specialized reading of Shekel Symbol comes from the surrounding amount, currency code, locale, and accounting context; ₪ should not be interpreted in isolation.