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Euro sign
U+20AC · Currency Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The euro sign, the currency symbol of the eurozone. It was designed in the 1990s from the Greek letter epsilon and the first letter of Europe, with two lines for stability.
Unicode details
€ is the Unicode character named EURO SIGN, code point U+20AC, in the Currency Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 2.1 in 1998, 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.
| Unicode name | EURO SIGN |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+20AC |
| Block | Currency Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 2.1 (1998) |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 82 AC |
| UTF-16 | 20AC |
| HTML | € or € |
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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 20AC 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 “euro sign”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 20ac, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
€or€. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\20AC".