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Definition 2024


U+20A4, ₤
LIRA SIGN

[U+20A3]
Currency Symbols
[U+20A5]

Translingual

Symbol

  1. The symbol for Lira, also known as the full width lira in typography, intended for lira, but not widely used. The preferred character for lira is £, known as the pound sign.
  2. Alternative form of £; pound sign.
    • 1817, James Morrison, A concise system of Commercial Arithmetic, page 155:
      100 English is equal to 108,,6,,8 Irish

See also

Currency signs

  • ؋ – afghani
  • ฿ – baht
  • ¢ – cent
  • – colón
  • – cedi
  • $ – dollar
  • – dong
  • ֏ - dram
  • – euro
  • ƒ – florin (also called guilder and gulden)
  • – guarani
  • - lari
  • – hryvnia
  • – kip
  • – lira (in Turkey)
  • – manat
  • – mill
  • – naira
  • – peso
  • £ – pound
  • – riyal
  • – riel
  • ރ – rufiyaa
  • – ruble
  • – rupee
  • – rupee
  • – Indian rupee
  • or taka (in Bangladesh)
  • – rupee (in Gujarat)
  • – new shekel
  • – tenge
  • – tugrik
  • – won
  • ¥ – yen

Formerly used currency signs

  • – austral
  • – ECU (European Currency Unit)
  • – cruzeiro
  • – drachma
  • – franc
  • – lira
  • – Livres Tournois
  • – mark
  • – peseta
  • – pfennig
  • – spesmilo