Currency symbols · U+20AC

€Euro symbol

The euro sign. On a keyboard without it, this is the fastest way to type one.

Looking for the colour emoji instead? 💶 Euro Banknote — same idea, drawn as a picture by each platform.

How to type it
Unicode
U+20AC
Alt code
Alt+8364
HTML
€
Unicode name
Euro Sign
U+20ACYour font
€

01 — Origin

Where the Euro symbol comes from

The euro sign is the only major currency symbol designed by committee and dated precisely: the European Commission unveiled it in December 1996, two years before the currency existed. The shape is a Greek epsilon — a nod to the cradle of Europe — crossed by two lines meant to signal stability.

Prices, invoices and anything financial across the eurozone. Worth knowing that placement is not universal: €10 in Ireland and the Netherlands, 10 € with a space in France and Germany, and the decimal separator flips with it.

Worth knowing
Keyboards outside the eurozone often have no key for it, which is the single most common reason people end up looking the character up rather than typing it.

02 — Codes

Euro symbol codes

Copy whichever form your tool expects. The character behind them does not change.

03 — How to type

How to type € on any keyboard

Keyboard, code, markup or document — the route to U+20AC differs by tool.

Windows
Hold Alt and type 8364 on the numeric keypad, then release. Without a keypad, use the Character Map app (search “charmap”).
Mac
Press Control + Command + Space to open the character viewer, then search “euro”. Double-click to insert.
Phone
There is no shortcut on a phone keyboard. Tap the symbol at the top of this page, then long-press in any text field and choose Paste.
Web and code
In HTML write € or €. In CSS content: "\20AC". Make sure the page is served as UTF-8 and the raw character works too.

04 — Font support

Will € actually show up?

We checked 147 fonts installed on a normal machine and counted how many of them contain this character. A symbol missing from a font is drawn as an empty box — the text is still correct, it just cannot be drawn.

94% 138 of 147 fonts

Safe everywhere. This one is in almost every font ever installed, including the defaults on Windows, Mac and Android.

05 — Similar

Symbols people confuse with €

Close enough to be mistaken for it, and still a different code point every time.

₹ Indian Rupee SignU+20B9 · has its own page

06 — Related

Other currency symbols

The rest of the family, one page each — origin, typing routes and font support, across all 5.

$ Dollar symbolIn 97% of system fonts £ Pound symbolIn 97% of system fonts ¥ Yen symbolIn 98% of system fonts ₹ Rupee symbolIn 42% of system fonts ¢ Cent symbolIn 97% of system fonts

07 — Same block

Currency symbols

Every currency sign, from the euro to the rupee and the bitcoin.

All currency symbols →

08 — FAQ

Euro symbol — questions

How do I type the Euro symbol?
On Windows hold Alt and type 8364 on the numeric keypad. On Mac open the character viewer with Control + Command + Space and search “Euro”. Or just tap the symbol on this page — it goes straight to your clipboard.
What is the HTML code for €?
Write it as € or € in HTML, \20AC in CSS content, and \u20AC in JavaScript. All four produce the same character.
Is € an emoji?
No. € is a text character — it takes the colour of the text around it and works in usernames, filenames and documents. An emoji is replaced by a colour picture and is sometimes stripped by forms and systems.
Why does € show as a box on some devices?
Because that font has no drawing for this character. We checked 147 fonts on a normal machine and 138 of them include it. The character itself is always correct; only the drawing is missing.