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Last reviewed on October 1, 2026
The Pound Sign symbol (£) is one of the currency symbols characters in the AllSymbols catalog. It comes from the Unicode Currency Symbols block (U+20A0–U+20CF) or, for older signs, from Latin-1 Supplement. New currency signs are added to the standard as central banks introduce them; longer-established signs are universally supported.
Use the symbol when your audience clearly recognizes it. Use the three-letter ISO 4217 code when the symbol is shared between currencies (the dollar sign, for example) or when readers may not recognize the symbol. For mixed-audience writing, combine them once: £25 (GBP).
In Unicode, Pound Sign sits at code point U+00A3. Web pages reference it with the HTML numeric entity £; CSS rules reference it as a quoted hex escape (the four-digit code prefixed with a backslash); in JavaScript and most modern source-code contexts you can either paste the literal character or use a Unicode escape with the same hex digits.
Symbol placement is a locale convention. English typically prefixes (£25); French and German typically suffix with a thin space (25 €). When writing for the open web, follow your audience’s convention rather than imposing one.
If Pound Sign isn’t quite what you need, the Currency Symbols page lists every related character on the site — including Dollar Sign and Shekel Sign. The related-symbols grid below also surfaces the closest sibling characters.
“Pound sign” means two different characters depending on where you are. In the UK it is the currency symbol £. In the US, “pound sign” often means # (the pound key on a phone).
| Char | Name | Unicode | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | Pound sign (sterling) | U+00A3 | British pound (GBP): £25. Also used for other pounds such as the Egyptian pound. |
| # | Number sign | U+0023 | The US “pound key” on phones; hashtags; numbers (#1). |
| ₤ | Lira sign | U+20A4 | The former Italian lira. Not a correct substitute for £. |
| ℔ | L B bar symbol | U+2114 | Pound as a unit of weight (lb), rare. |
| 💷 | Banknote with pound sign | U+1F4B7 | Emoji for money and finance chats. |
On a UK keyboard £ is Shift+3. On a US keyboard use Alt+0163 on Windows or Option+3 on a Mac. In HTML, write £.
Hold Alt and type 0163 (or Alt+156) on the numeric keypad. You can also copy £ straight from this page — it pastes into any app.
Press Option+3.
The pound sign is Unicode code point U+00A3. In HTML, use the entity £ or the numeric reference £.