Unicode Character "€" (U+20AC)

The character € (Euro Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+20AC. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 2.1 (May, 1998). It is HTML encoded as €.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Euro Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+20AC
Unicode Version 2.1 (May, 1998)
Block Currency Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class European Terminator (ET)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Currency Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+20AC Conversion

HTML (decimal) €
HTML (hex) €
HTML (named) €
URL Escape Code %E2%82%AC
CSS \0020AC
JavaScript, JSON \u20AC
C, C++, Java \u20AC
Python \u20AC
Rust \u{20AC}
Ruby \u20AC

How to type "€"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 A C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 A C. Release Alt.

Preview

  • €
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • €
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • €
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x20AC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000020AC

References