The sign was encoded as U+20B4 in Unicode 4.1 and released in 2005. The hryvnia sign is a cursive Ukrainian letter He ( г), with a double horizontal stroke (₴), symbolizing stability, similar to that used in other currency symbols such as the yen and Chinese yuan (¥, a symbol the currencies share), euro (€), and Indian rupee (₹). The singular for the subdivision is копійка ( kopiyka), the nominative plural is копійки ( kopiyky) and the genitive is копійок ( kopiyok). An exception for this rule is numbers ending in 11, 12, 13 and 14 for which the genitive plural is also used, for example, dvanadciat’ hryven’ (дванадцять гривень, "12 hryven’"). In Ukrainian, the nominative plural form is used for numbers ending with 2, 3, or 4, as in dvi hryvni (дві гривні, "2 hryvni"), and the genitive plural is used for numbers ending with 5 to 9 and 0, for example sto hryven’ (сто гривень, "100 hryven’") for numbers ending with 1 the nominative singular form is used, for example dvadtsiat’ odna hryvnia (двадцять одна гривня, "21 hryvnia"). The nominative plural of hryvnia is hryvni ( Ukrainian: гривні), while the genitive plural is hryven’ ( Ukrainian: гривень). The word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. It might have indicated something valuable to be worn around the neck, that was usually made of silver or gold, and may be related to the Bulgarian and Serbian term grivna ( гривна, "bracelet"). The word is thought to derive from the Slavic griva which compares with the Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian word грива ( griva, meaning "mane"). The currency of Kievan Rus' in the 11th century was the grivna. It is named after a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus'. The hryvnia ( /( h ə) ˈ r ɪ v n i ə/ (hə- )RIV-nee-ə Ukrainian: гривня ⓘ, abbr. : грн hrn sign: ₴ code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996.
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