Cent sign

Meaning and uses

The cent sign, one hundredth of a dollar or another decimal currency. It was on typewriters but is missing from most modern keyboards, so copying it is the quickest way to write 99¢.

Unicode details

¢ is the Unicode character named CENT SIGN, code point U+00A2, in the Latin-1 Supplement block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a currency symbol (general category Sc).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ¢

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 00A2 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ¢.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “cent sign”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 00a2, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ¢ or ¢. In a CSS content property, use "\00A2".