€
Euro Sign
- Unicode
- U+20AC
- Category
- Currency
- HTML Entity
- €
- CSS
- \20AC
The Euro sign (€) is the official currency symbol used by the eurozone, representing the euro currency. Designed by the European Commission in 1996, its structure is inspired by the Greek letter epsilon to denote the cradle of European civilization, crossed by two parallel lines signifying economic stability. It is universally used in financial documentation, international e-commerce, and everyday digital communication to indicate prices and banking data.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+0128
- macOS
- Option+Shift+2
- Linux
- Compose + = + e
- HTML
- €
In Programming
In software development, the Euro sign is primarily used in localization, string formatting, and e-commerce applications to properly render monetary values. While accepted as a valid identifier in a few modern programming languages, developers typically restrict it to string literals representing financial data.
Tags
currency
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eur symbol
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european currency
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finance
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