U+FFE1 "￡" Fullwidth Pound Sign Unicode Character

U+FFE1 "￡" Fullwidth Pound Sign is a typographic variant of the standard pound sterling symbol (£), designed to occupy the same width as a fullwidth character in East Asian CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) text environments. It is part of the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, and its primary purpose is to align with the monospaced grid of fullwidth characters, ensuring visual consistency when used alongside other fullwidth punctuation, letters, or digits in vertical or horizontal mixed-script layouts. Unlike the regular pound sign, this version is intended for compatibility and display in contexts where proportional spacing would disrupt the uniform character cell dimensions required by certain legacy systems or formatting conventions.