euro sign

euro sign (U+20AC): currency symbol for the European Monetary Union; the euro is not the ECU!
Class type of: Unicode currency sign Q18100
euro sign
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Summary

euro sign is an Unicode character[1]. It is a type of Unicode currency sign[2].

Key Facts

  • Based on: E/e[3], E[4], Е/е[5]
  • Unicode character: €[6]
  • Inception: December 12, 1996[7]
  • Different from: European Currency Unit sign[8]
  • TeX string: \EUR[9], \EURcr[10], \EURdig[11], \EURhv[12], \EURtm[13], \euro[14], \geneuro[15], \geneuronarrow[16], \geneurowide[17], \officialeuro[18], \eurologo[19], \texteuro[20]
  • Homoglyph: European Currency Unit sign[21]
  • Unicode code point: 20AC[22]
  • HTML entity: €[23], €[24], €[25]
  • Unicode block: Currency Symbols[26]
  • Symbol of: euro[27]
  • Unicode character name: EURO SIGN[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/euro-sign
    Based on → E/e, E, Е/е
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Subclass of → Unicode currency sign
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: money/euro-sign"
  2. 15w ago · Verdy p · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Different from → ₠
    Instance of → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: ₠"
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