CENT SIGN

U+00A2 Currency Symbol (Sc) · Latin-1 Supplement · Zyyy

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Overview

¢ (CENT SIGN) is the Unicode character at code point U+00A2. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block, in the Currency Symbol (Sc) general category. Its script is Zyyy.

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Encoding Table

Format	Value	Copy
unicode	U+00A2
decimal	162
htmldecimal	¢
htmlhex	¢
css	\00A2
javascript	\u{A2}
python	\u00a2
java	\u00A2
go	\u00A2
ruby	\u{A2}
rust	\u{A2}
ccpp	\u00a2
urlencoded	%C2%A2
utf8bytes	c2 a2
utf16bebytes	00 a2
utf32bebytes	00 00 00 a2

How to Use

HTML: ¢

CSS: content: "\00A2"

JavaScript: "\u{A2}"

Python: "\u00a2"

Properties

Block: Latin-1 Supplement
Script: Zyyy
Category: Currency Symbol (Sc)
Bidirectional: ET
Combining: 0
Mirrored: No

← ¡ U+00A1 U+00A3 £ →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ¢ character (CENT SIGN)?

¢ (CENT SIGN) is the Unicode character U+00A2.

What is the Unicode codepoint of CENT SIGN?

The CENT SIGN character (¢) has codepoint U+00A2.

How do I type or copy CENT SIGN?

Copy ¢ directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.