# $ U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN

Dollar sign, an S with one or two vertical bars, used for dollars, pesos and other currencies, and for variables in code.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `$` |
| Codepoint | U+0024 |
| Name | DOLLAR SIGN |
| Also known as | escudo, milréis |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `$` `$` |
| CSS | `\24` |
| JavaScript | `\u0024` |
| UTF-8 | 24 |
| UTF-16 | 0024 |

## Notes

- used for many peso currencies in Latin America and elsewhere
- glyph may have one or two vertical bars
- other currency symbol characters start at 20A0

## Related characters

- # [U+0023 NUMBER SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0023)
- % [U+0025 PERCENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0025)
- " [U+0022 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0022)
- & [U+0026 AMPERSAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/0026)
- ! [U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0021)
- ' [U+0027 APOSTROPHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0027)
- [U+0020 SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0020)
- ( [U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0028)
- [U+001F INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE](https://unicodekit.com/char/001F)
- ) [U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0029)
- [U+001E INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO](https://unicodekit.com/char/001E)
- * [U+002A ASTERISK](https://unicodekit.com/char/002A)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0024 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0024