# £ U+00A3 POUND SIGN

British pound sterling currency symbol, a cursive L with a crossbar, also used for lira and Irish punt.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `£` |
| Codepoint | U+00A3 |
| Name | POUND SIGN |
| Also known as | Irish punt, etc., lira, pound sterling |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `£` `£` |
| CSS | `\A3` |
| JavaScript | `\u00A3` |
| UTF-8 | C2 A3 |
| UTF-16 | 00A3 |

## Notes

- not to be confused with the unit of weight
- glyph may have one or two crossbars, in distinction from 20A4

## Related characters

- ¢ [U+00A2 CENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A2)
- ¤ [U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A4)
- ¡ [U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A1)
- ¥ [U+00A5 YEN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A5)
- [U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A0)
- ¦ [U+00A6 BROKEN BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A6)
- [U+009F APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009F)
- § [U+00A7 SECTION SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A7)
- [U+009E PRIVACY MESSAGE](https://unicodekit.com/char/009E)
- ¨ [U+00A8 DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A8)
- [U+009D OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009D)
- © [U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A9)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/00A3 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/00A3