The hryvnia sign (₴) is a

currency symbol A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, acc ...

, used for the

Ukrainian hryvnia The ( ; , ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiykas (). It is named after a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus'. Etymology The currency of Kie ...

currency since 2004. In 2004, when the

National Bank of Ukraine The National Bank of Ukraine ( ; NBU []) is the central bank of Ukraine. Created in 1991 from the Ukrainian operations of the Soviet Gosbank, the NBU employs over 12,000 people, making it one of the largest employers in the financial sector in ...

approved the ₴ currency symbol for the hryvnia, it was also stated that the symbol could be written either before (₴500) or after (500 ₴) the denomination. The most recent Ukrainian orthography rules of 2019 do not regulate this usage.

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The hryvnia sign is a

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minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (more formally '' minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing system ...

Ukrainian Cyrillic letter He (''г''), or a mirrored letter S, with a double horizontal stroke, symbolising stability, similar to that used in other currency symbols such as ¥ or €. Hryvnia is abbreviated "грн" (hrn) in Ukrainian. The hryvnia sign ₴ was released in March 2004. The specific design of the hryvnia sign was a result of a public contest held by the

in 2003. The bank announced that it would not take any special steps of promoting the sign, but expressed expectations that the recognition and the technical possibilities of rendering the sign would follow. As soon as the sign was announced, a proposal to encode it was written. The sign is Unicode encoded as since version 4.1 (2005). The symbol appears in the

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of the 1 hryvnia and the recently introduced 1,000 hryven banknote.

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Proposal to encode the HRYVNIA SIGN and CEDI SIGN in the UCS
, 2004-04-23 Currencies of Ukraine Currency symbols Cyrillic letters with diacritics Symbols introduced in 2004 {{Money-stub

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