POUND SIGN

Official Unicode character in the Latin-1 Supplement block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.

How to Type the POUND SIGN (£)

Windows Instructions

Hold Alt + type 0163 on NumPad

Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.

macOS (Apple) Instructions

Press Option + 3

Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.

Technical Specifications & Encoding Details

Unicode Codepoint	U+00A3
Decimal Value	163
Hexadecimal Value	0x00A3
UTF-8 Bytes	0xC2 0xA3
HTML Named Entity	£
HTML Decimal Entity	£
HTML Hex Entity	£
General Category	Currency Symbol (Sc)
Unicode Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Script	Common