Cent sign ¢₵𝇍 Cent symbol

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Cents Copy-paste cent symbol ¢. It's name in countries like Mexico, Brazil and Portugal is centavo symbol, that's basically an alternative naming version for the cent sign also equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀. ₵ is not really a cent sign, though it definitely looks like that. ₵ is actually a currency sign of Ghana's Ghanaian cedi. But I'd say it's totally okay to use it as a cent sign in your text. 𝇍 is another symbol that looks exactly like a tiny cent sign. But it's actually a musical symbol tempus imperfectum cum prolatione imperfecta and I have no idea what it even means. You can also read how to type cent symbol on keyboard down below. BTW, did you know that there's now a text symbol for ₿ Bitcoin?


Cent sign meaning

In many national currencies, cent ¢ is a monetary unit that equals ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the basic monetary unit. Etymologically, the word cent derives from the Latin word "centum" meaning hundred. Cent also refers to a coin which is worth one cent. Usage of the cent symbol varies from one currency to another. In South Africa and Ireland, only the c is ever used. When written, the cent sign follows the amount, versus a larger currency symbol placed at the beginning of the amount. For example 2¢ and $0.02, or 2c and €0.02, or as in Dutch; 2 ct.


How to input cent symbol

Choose your system and find out.

Windows

From Keyboard

Alt Codes

Shortcut technique that works on Desktops and most Laptops running MS Windows. You press Alt and, while holding it, type a code on Num Pad while it's turned on. Please, read a guide if you're running a laptop. You can type many frequently used symbols with this method.

Alt code Symbol
0162 ¢
Shift States

Configure your keyboard layout in Windows so that you can type all additional symbols you want as easy as any other text. Takes about 5-10 minutes to set things up, but you'll be typing like a boss. You can assign cent symbol ¢ and any other text characters to your keyboard using this technique.

Character Map

CharMap allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. You can input cent symbol using it.

Mac

Emoji on iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch)

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Keyboard viewer

Mac keyboard viewer window

You can make frequently used technical non-fancy symbols like "√ ∑ π ∞ ∆ ™ © æ £ ¢" and åccénted letters on Mac using [Option] key. I've compiled a list of shortcuts in my article and explained how to open keyboard viewer. You can also use your Keyboard Viewer as an alternative to my list.

[Option] + [4] produces ¢ cent sign.


Character Palette

Character Palette allows you to view and use all characters and symbols, including cents, available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer.


Linux

From Keyboard

Unicode hex code Symbol Compose key sequence Symbol
00A2 ¢ c/ ¢

There actually are 3 different ways to type symbols on Linux with a keyboard. And all of them can produce cent text symbol.

Character map

Character map allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. It can also help you lookup Unicode codes for entering symbols with keyboard.

HTML code

Following is a list of HTML and JavaScript entities for cent symbol. In Javascript you should write like a = "this \u2669 symbol" if you want to include a special symbol in a string.

HTML entity JS entity Symbol
¢ \u00a2 ¢

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