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The euro is represented in the Unicode character set with the character name EURO SIGN and the code position U+20AC (decimal 8364) as well as in updated versions of the traditional Latin character set encodings.
Unicode Data; Name: EURO SIGN: Block: Currency Symbols: Category: Symbol, Currency [Sc] Combine: 0: BIDI: European Number Terminator [ET] Mirror: N: Index entries: currency, euro european EURO SIGN euro european currency: Comments: currency sign for the European Monetary Union euro, not ecu: See Also: euro-currency sign U+20A0: Version
Currency Symbols; Range: U+20A0..U+20CF (48 code points) Plane: BMP: Scripts: Common: Symbol sets: Currency signs: Assigned: 33 code points: Unused: 15 reserved code points: Unicode version history; 1.0.0 (1991) 11 (+11) 2.0 (1996) 12 (+1) 2.1 (1998) 13 (+1) 3.0 (1999) 16 (+3) 3.2 (2002) 18 (+2) 4.1 (2005) 22 (+4) 5.2 (2009) 25 (+3) 6.0 (2010 ...
In pre-Unicode Windows character sets (Windows-1252), the generic currency sign was retained at 0xA4 and the euro sign was introduced as a new code point, at 0x80 in the little used (by Microsoft) control-code space 0x80 to 0x9F. See also. XXX (currency) (ISO 4217 code for no specific currency) Square lozenge (⌑) Explanatory footnotes
If you are new to Alt codes and need detailed instructions on how to use them, please read How to Use Alt Codes to Enter Special Characters . The Alt code for the Euro (€) currency symbol on Windows systems is 0128 or 8364.
The euro is represented in the Unicode character set with the character name EURO SIGN and the code position U+20AC (decimal 8364) as well as in updated versions of the traditional Latin character set encodings. In HTML, the € entity can also be used.
The euro sign was added to the international character-encoding system Unicode in May 1998 with the hex code U+20AC. On standard English-language keyboards, the symbol became a special character accessible via modifier keys (e.g., using the combinations Ctrl + Alt + 4, Ctrl + Alt + 5, or Ctrl + Alt + E).
