Pound Sign

U+00A3

As a plain text character, the £ pound sign is most useful for UK pricing, finance notes, price labels where quick compatibility matters.

Pricing, budgets, and finance copy.

Special characterspoundcurrencymoneypricefinance

Where people actually use this symbol

Everyday text

£ is most useful when the line needs a compact text-first character that stays cleaner and more predictable than emoji.

Layout and formatting

£ often helps with short labels, dividers, lists, or profile text where the exact character matters as much as the meaning.

Where it works better than emoji

£ beats emoji when the line needs precision. A plain symbol stays cleaner in product copy, tables, legal notes, and technical text where colorful emoji would feel noisy or less exact.

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Symbol details

Category: Special Characters
Unicode: U+00A3
HTML: £
ASCII: No