Fullwidth pound sign

£ is the Unicode character “FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN” (U+FFE1). It belongs to the Halfwidth And Fullwidth Forms block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

£ codes

UnicodeCode point U+FFE1
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page £
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code £
CSSFor the CSS content property \FFE1
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \uFFE1
PythonEscape in Python strings \uFFE1
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %EF%BF%A1
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 EF BF A1
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 FFE1

How to type £

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “fullwidth pound sign”.

In Microsoft Word, type FFE1 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “fullwidth pound sign”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+FFE1. Every format is on the fullwidth pound sign page.

About £

Unicode name
FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN
Code point
U+FFE1 (65505)
Block
Halfwidth And Fullwidth Forms
Category
Currency Symbol
Unicode version
1.1