🇸🇦 Middle East Currency

Saudi Riyal Symbol (﷼) - SAR Copy, Alt Code & Unicode

Instant copy for the Saudi Riyal symbol (﷼). ISO 4217 code SAR, Windows Alt code (Alt + 65020), Unicode U+FDFC, official sources, and formatting rules.

﷼Native: ر.س

Saudi Riyal

SAR

Official Currency of Saudi Arabia

Technical & Typography Specifications

ISO 4217 Alpha CodeSAR

Unicode CodepointU+FDFC

HTML Named Entity

Decimal Entity

CSS Content Escape

Minor Fractional UnitHalala (1/100)

Grammar & Formatting Standards

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Symbol Placement: Suffix (After Amount)

Standard representation: 100,00 ﷼. Standard practice includes a non-breaking space between the digits and the symbol.

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History & Etymology

The official legal tender of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pegged to the US Dollar at 1 USD = 3.75 SAR.

Derived from the Spanish silver real coins that circulated across the Red Sea trade routes for centuries.

Head-to-Head Symbol Comparisons

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Head-to-head glyph comparison and ISO standard rules.

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⚖️ Comparison

Single-Stroke ($) vs. Double-Stroke ($ / Cifrão)

Typographic strokes and historical Lusophone decimal markers.

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Practical Formatting Guides

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Symbol Placement Rules

Learn whether ﷼ goes before or after numbers in English and international contexts.

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Excel & Sheets Formatting

How to format cells with SAR (﷼) without corrupting numeric calculations.

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Keyboard Typing Cheat Sheet

Universal shortcuts to type ﷼ on Windows (Alt + 65020), Mac, and Linux.

Related Financial & Typographic Terms

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📖 ISO 4217 Standard

The international standard code defining SAR and its numeric ID.

📖 Minor Subunit

Fractional division rules (Halala (1/100)).

📖 Fiat Currency

Government-issued sovereign legal tender system.

📖 Pegged Currency

Fixed exchange rate regime tied to a reserve currency.