€
€ Euro Symbol
The euro sign (€) is the currency symbol for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone.
Also known as: euro symbol, euro sign, eur symbol.
Codes
| Symbol | € | |
| Unicode | U+20AC | |
| HTML entity (named) | € | |
| HTML entity (decimal) | € | |
| HTML entity (hex) | € | |
| CSS | \20AC | |
| LaTeX | \texteuro | |
| Windows Alt code | Alt + 0128 |
How to type € (Euro Symbol)
WindowsAlt + 0128
Hold Alt and type 0128 on the numeric keypad — the leading zero matters. On many European layouts, AltGr + 4 (or AltGr + 5) types € directly.
Mac⌥ + ⇧ + 2
Press Option + Shift + 2 on a US layout. On a European layout it is usually Option + 2.
Microsoft Word20AC, Alt + X
Type 20AC, then press Alt + X to convert it to €.
Google Docs
Insert → Special characters, then search “euro”.
LaTeX\texteuro
Use \texteuro with \usepackage{textcomp}, or \euro with \usepackage{eurosym}.
Usage
- Placement varies by country: English and Irish usage puts it before the amount (€10), while French and German usage puts it after (10 €).
- The ISO 4217 code is EUR — use it when the symbol could be ambiguous in a table or invoice.
- € was added in Unicode 2.1 (1998), which is why very old fonts and legacy encodings can fail to render it.