Money emoji meanings: 💰 💸 🤑 and friends
Money Bag is the all-purpose money emoji: savings, a win, a payday, a deal that paid off. Dollar Banknote means cash in hand and is the go-to for prices, tips and "pay me". Its siblings (euro), (pound) and (yen) do the same job for other currencies.
Money with Wings is money leaving: a shopping spree, rent day, or a bill that hurts. People also use it for "making it rain", so the tone depends on the words around it. Money-Mouth Face, with dollar signs for eyes and a banknote tongue, is greed played for laughs: a bonus, a sale, a get-rich plan.
Coin stands for small change, savings and, very often, crypto. Credit Card means paying, online orders and card debt; Receipt is the proof, handy for splitting a bill. Heavy Dollar Sign is the emoji version of , used as a price tag or a hype marker.
For finance talk, and show a market going up or down, (chart increasing with yen) comes from Japanese phones where it marked stock and currency prices, and Bank and ATM Sign cover where the money lives.
Currency symbols list: and the rest of the world
Currency symbols are plain text characters, not emoji, so they paste into any document, spreadsheet, bio or game name. The big six are dollar (US, Canada, Australia and many more), euro, British pound, Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, Indian rupee and bitcoin.
Below them in the grid you will find the currency symbols of other countries: Russian ruble, South Korean won, Philippine peso, Nigerian naira, Turkish lira, Israeli new shekel, Ukrainian hryvnia, Thai baht, Vietnamese dong, rial, Bangladeshi taka, Ghanaian cedi, Kazakh tenge, Azerbaijani manat, Georgian lari and more. Each character page names the currency and the countries that use it.
A few are history: French franc, Spanish peseta, Greek drachma and (the euro-currency sign that came before ) were all replaced by the euro. is the generic currency sign, a placeholder for "some currency" when the specific symbol is not available.
Dollar sign, euro sign, pound sign: before or after the number?
In English the symbol goes before the amount with no space: 20, 20, 20. Many European languages write the euro after the number with a space instead: 20 in French or German. When in doubt, follow the style of the country whose readers you are writing for.
The dollar sign has two common forms, one stroke and two, and both mean the same currency; fonts choose which one you see. The pound sign comes from a stylised L for libra, the Latin word for pound. The euro sign was presented by the European Commission in 1996 and is based on the Greek letter epsilon, with two lines for stability.
How to type money symbols on a keyboard
On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel and search "money"; for text symbols hold Alt and type 0128 for , 0163 for , 0165 for or 0162 for on the number pad. On a Mac with a US keyboard, Option + Shift + 2 gives , Option + 3 gives , Option + Y gives and Option + 4 gives ; Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the emoji picker.
On phones, long-press the key on the symbols keyboard to see , , , and . For anything rarer, such as , or , copying from this page is the fastest way.
Symbols
80Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyMoney Emoji & Currency Symbols combos
13Worth knowing
- The most widely accepted explanation of the sign is that it grew out of a handwritten abbreviation for pesos, the Spanish silver dollars that circulated in the Americas, with the P and S merging into one mark.
- , the Indian rupee sign, was chosen in a 2010 national design competition and entered Unicode the same year; , the Russian ruble sign, followed in Unicode 7.0 in 2014.
- for bitcoin was added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, so older phones and fonts may still show it as an empty box.
- Treasure Chest is one of the newest money emoji, added in Emoji 17.0 in 2025; if you see a blank square, your device has not caught up yet.
Questions people ask
8How do I copy and paste money emoji?
Tap or click any emoji in the grid above, such as , or , and it is copied to your clipboard. Paste it anywhere with CtrlV, CmdV or a long-press on your phone.
What does the money with wings emoji mean?
means money leaving: spending, paying bills or wasting money. It is also used for "making it rain" or showing off, so read it with the words around it.
What does the money face emoji mean?
Money-Mouth Face shows someone excited about money: a payday, a bonus, a good deal or a get-rich idea. It is usually playful, not serious.
Is there a money emoji?
Yes, several. money bag is the main one, with banknotes, money with wings, coin, credit card and heavy dollar sign.
What are the currency symbols of different countries?
The most common are dollar, euro, pound, yen and yuan, Indian rupee, ruble, won, peso, naira, lira, shekel, hryvnia, baht and dong. All of them are in the grid above with their names.
How do I type the euro sign on a keyboard?
On Windows hold Alt and type 0128 on the number pad, or use AltGrE on many European layouts. On a US Mac press OptionShift2. On a phone, long-press the key.
What is the bitcoin symbol?
The bitcoin sign is , added to Unicode in 2017. There is no bitcoin emoji, so people use as text or coin as the emoji stand-in.
Is the dollar sign written before or after the amount?
In English it goes before the number with no space, as in 10. Some languages put currency signs after the number, for example 10 in French and German.
