U+00A2 "¢" Cent Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
¢
U+00A2 "¢" Cent Sign is a typographic symbol used to represent one one hundredth of a dollar or other decimal currency, most commonly the United States cent. Its design typically consists of a lowercase letter 'c' crossed by a single vertical or diagonal stroke, distinguishing it from the ordinary letter 'c'. Originating from the Latin word for hundred, "centum," the cent sign has been a standard symbol in financial contexts, though its practical usage has declined in many regions with the rise of digital payments and the rounding of prices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+00A2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cent Sign |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Currency Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Terminator |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ¢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ¢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x00A2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000000A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u00a2 |