U20AF

U+20AF is the Unicode code point for the Drachma Sign, a historical currency symbol used to denote the Greek drachma. The glyph associated with this code point is ₯. It is part of the Currency Symbols block, which runs from U+20A0 to U+20CF in Unicode.

The symbol serves primarily for historical and scholarly contexts, as Greece adopted the euro in 2001. While the Drachma Sign appears in digital texts to reference the drachma, modern financial notation typically uses the euro symbol (€) for Greek currency. The availability of the Drachma Sign in fonts depends on font coverage; some fonts include it while others may substitute a nearby glyph or omit it.

In digital text, U+20AF can be represented using a numeric character reference, such as ₯ or ₯ in HTML and other markup systems.

Summary: U+20AF encodes the Drachma Sign, a historical symbol for the Greek drachma, limited to historical or scholarly usage today, and part of Unicode’s Currency Symbols block.