£
Pound sign
ASCII Code: 156•Category: currency
Technical Details
- ASCII Code
- 156
- HTML Entity
- œ
- Hexadecimal
- 0x9C
- Binary
- 10011100
- Octal
- 234
Usage & Examples
Programming
char symbol = '£'; // ASCII 156HTML/Web
œ or £Common Uses
poundsterlingcurrency
How to Type This Character
Windows
Alt Code:
Hold Alt and type156 on numeric keypad
Character Map:
Search "Character Map" in Start menu
Mac
Character Viewer:
Press Ctrl +Cmd +Space
Copy & Paste:
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Æ
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ô
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ö
Letter o with umlaut
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ò
Letter o with grave accent
#149
û
Letter u with circumflex
#150
ù
Letter u with grave accent
#151
ÿ
Letter y with diaeresis
#152
Ö
Letter O with umlaut
#153
Ü
Letter U with umlaut
#154
ø
Slashed zero
#155
Ø
Uppercase slashed zero
#157
About the Pound sign
The Pound sign (£) is an ASCII character with code 156. This currency symbol is commonly used in pound, sterling, currencyand other applications. You can easily copy this character by clicking the button above.
This character is part of the extended ASCIIcharacter set and is widely supported across different platforms and applications. Use it in documents, code, social media posts, and anywhere you need the pound sign symbol.