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searchaux" style="display:none">Currency sign for the Israeli shekel</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+20AA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">₪</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">NEW SHEQEL SIGN</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ebebeb;">Related</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">See also</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Sheqel_sign.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/28px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/42px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/56px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="86" data-file-height="22" /></a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Old_Israeli_shekel" title="Old Israeli shekel">Old Israeli shekel</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background:#ebebeb"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Currency_symbols" title="Category:Currency symbols">Category</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheqel_signs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sheqel_signs.svg/247px-Sheqel_signs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="247" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sheqel_signs.svg/371px-Sheqel_signs.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sheqel_signs.svg/494px-Sheqel_signs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="761" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption>The two ways of representing shekels. The "₪" symbol on the left and the abbreviation "ש״ח" on the right may be used interchangeably.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>shekel sign</b> ⟨<b>₪</b>⟩ is a <a href="/wiki/Currency_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Currency sign">currency sign</a> used for the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">shekel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Israeli_new_shekel_(1986–present)"><span id="Israeli_new_shekel_.281986.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Israeli new shekel (1986–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Israeli new shekel (1986–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">Israeli new shekel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שקל חדש</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">šéqel ħadáš</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="he-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" title="Help:IPA/Hebrew">[ˈʃekel<span class="wrap"> </span>χaˈdaʃ]</a></span>), also known by the acronym NIS (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">ש״ח</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="he-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" title="Help:IPA/Hebrew">[ʃaχ]</a></span>), was announced officially on 22 September 1985, when the first new shekel banknotes and coins were introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is constructed by combining the two Hebrew letters that constitute the acronym (the first letter of each of the two words, Hebrew being written from right to left): ⟨<a href="/wiki/%D7%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="ש">ש</a>⟩ and ⟨<a href="/wiki/%D7%97" class="mw-redirect" title="ח">ח</a>⟩. Sometimes the ⟨₪⟩ symbol (Unicode 20AA) is used following the number, other times the acronym <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">ש״ח</span>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg/220px-Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg/330px-Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg/440px-Israel_Toll_Symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="94" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>The Israeli <a href="/wiki/Toll_road" title="Toll road">toll road</a> symbol bearing the Shekel sign.</figcaption></figure> <p>The shekel sign, like the <a href="/wiki/Dollar_sign" title="Dollar sign">dollar sign</a> ⟨$⟩, is usually placed left of the number (i.e. "₪12,000" and not "12,000₪"), but since Hebrew is <a href="/wiki/Right-to-left_script" title="Right-to-left script">written from right to left</a>, this means that the symbol is actually written after the number. It is either not <a href="/wiki/Space_(punctuation)" title="Space (punctuation)">separated</a> from the preceding number, or is separated only by a <a href="/wiki/Thin_space" title="Thin space">thin space</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_the_Hebrew_Language" title="Academy of the Hebrew Language">Academy of the Hebrew Language</a> recommendation for writing numbers in Hebrew, the sign should be written to the left of the number without a space between them.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike the dollar sign, the new shekel sign is not used that often when handwriting monetary amounts. </p><p>The road sign announcing the entrance to an Israeli toll road, such as <a href="/wiki/Highway_6_(Israel)" title="Highway 6 (Israel)">Highway 6</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Carmel_Tunnels" title="Carmel Tunnels">Carmel Tunnels</a>, is a shekel symbol with a road in the background. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unicode_and_input">Unicode and input</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unicode and input"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The symbol has the <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> code point <span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+20AA</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">₪</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">NEW SHEQEL SIGN</span>. It has been in Unicode since June 1993, version 1.1.0. </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Bidirectional_text#Unicode_bidi_support" title="Bidirectional text">Unicode bidirectional algorithm</a>, typing the sign after the number will cause it to be displayed to the right of the number in any text directions. This contradicts the recommendation of the Academy of the Hebrew Language to place the sign to the left of the number in the Hebrew caption. </p><p>Using the standard Hebrew keyboard (SI 1452), it must be typed as <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">.mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0),var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa),var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0));color:var(--color-base,#202122);padding:0.1em 0.3em;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.85em}</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AltGr" class="mw-redirect" title="AltGr">AltGr</a></kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">A</kbd> (the letter ש appears on the same key in regular Hebrew mode). The Shekel sign, however, is not engraved on most keyboards sold in Israel and the sign is rarely used in day-to-day typing. </p> <ul><li>On systems with the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard" title="Hebrew keyboard">Hebrew keyboard</a> layout set, it can be typed on modern<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, desktop <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/ChromeOS" title="ChromeOS">ChromeOS</a> by using <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">AltGr</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">4</kbd>. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">4</kbd> makes the dollar sign and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">AltGr</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">A</kbd> is used to type <a href="/wiki/Shva" title="Shva">shva</a>.)</li> <li>On most Unix heritage systems, it can be entered by holding down Ctrl+Shift+u (an underlined u will appear), releasing and then typing the Unicode code point <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr">20aa</code> then <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">space</kbd> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">↵ Enter</kbd>, irrespective of keyboard setting.</li> <li>On <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> it can be typed as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">7</kbd> when the system is set to a Hebrew keyboard layout.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_Israeli_shekel_(1980–1985)"><span id="Old_Israeli_shekel_.281980.E2.80.931985.29"></span>Old Israeli shekel (1980–1985)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old Israeli shekel (1980–1985)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 8px 8px; padding:20px; background-color: #ddddff; border: 1px solid #aaaaff;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Sheqel_sign.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/50px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/75px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/100px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="86" data-file-height="22" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Old_Israeli_shekel" title="Old Israeli shekel">old Israeli shekel</a>, ⟨<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Sheqel_sign.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/20px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/30px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Old_Sheqel_sign.svg/40px-Old_Sheqel_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="86" data-file-height="22" /></a></span>⟩, in circulation between 1980 and 1985, had a different symbol, which was officially announced on 18 March 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the introduction of the old shekel in 1980, there was no special symbol for the Israeli currency. It was a stylized <a href="/wiki/Shin_(letter)" title="Shin (letter)">Shin</a> shaped like a cradle (i.e. rounded and opening upward). This symbol appeared on checks issued by Israeli banks between 1980 and 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quoting prices in new shekels started officially on 1 January 1986, and the old shekel checks remaining unused had to be stamped with the new shekel symbol over the old symbol. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">Israeli shekel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_agora" title="Israeli agora">Israeli agora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currency_symbol" title="Currency symbol">Currency symbol</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Windows 8 or later</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shekel_sign&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Reshumot" title="Reshumot">Reshumot</a> - 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