£

See also: Appendix:Variations of "l"

£ U+00A3, £ POUND SIGN ← ¢ [U+00A2] Latin-1 Supplement ¤ → [U+00A4]

￡ U+FFE1, ￡ FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN ← ￠ [U+FFE0] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￢ → [U+FFE2]

Translingual

Etymology

From the first letter of Latin lībra (“pound”). The symbol is derived from the mediaeval tradition of placing a stroke over a letter or letters of a word (in this case L) to indicate an abbreviation; when letters have ascenders like L, the stroke frequently passes through that ascender. £ is thus cognate with the pound sign #, which was similarly derived from lb with a stroke through the ascenders.

Symbol

£

1. symbol for pound sterling
2. symbol for other currencies called pound or lira.

Derived terms

The practice of placing a stroke through the initial of the name for a currency as a symbol for that currency has been extended to other currency symbols, including several shown below.

See also

• £sd (pounds, shillings and pence)
• £B (Bristol pound)
• ₤ (lira)

Currency signs

• ؋‎ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• $ – dollar sign
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ - dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin, guilder, or gulden
• ₲ – guarani

• ₾ – lari
• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₺ – Turkish lira
• ₼ – manat
• ₥ – mill
• ₦ – naira
• ₱ – Philippine peso
• £ – pound
• ﷼‎ – rial or riyal
• ៛ – riel
• ރ – rufiyaa

• ₽ – ruble
• ₨ – rupee
• ௹ – rupee
• ₹ – Indian rupee
• ৲ or ৳ – taka
• ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
• ₪ – new shekel
• ₸ – tenge
• ₮ – tugrik
• ₩ – won
• ¥ – yen or yuan

Formerly used currency signs

• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – ECU (European Currency Unit)
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• ₯ – drachma

• ₣ – French franc
• ₤ – Italian lira
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark

• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• ₷ – spesmilo