Dollar sign

Meaning and uses

The dollar sign, used for the US dollar and for many other currencies called dollar or peso. It is on most keyboards; copy it here if your phone's layout hides it.

Unicode details

$ is the Unicode character named DOLLAR SIGN, code point U+0024, in the Basic Latin 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 0024 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 “dollar sign”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 0024, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use $ or $. In a CSS content property, use "\0024".