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fullwidth cent sign

Fullwidth Cent Sign

Use Unicode input or a character map to enter ￠. It is the zenkaku (fullwidth) form of the ordinary cent sign ¢, made to fill a wide text cell in East Asian layouts. Unicode compatibility normalization, called NFKC, can turn it into ¢; the money meaning stays, but the stored character changes.

Text symbol
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zenkaku · NFKC · normalization · cent sign width · cent sign · cedi sign
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ￠ means

Use a character map or Unicode input when fullwidth spacing matters. Keyboard shortcuts vary by app and operating system.

The cent unit predates this wide form. U.S. decimal-currency planning in 1785–1786 divided the dollar into cents; the Coinage Act of 1792 fixed one cent at one hundredth of a dollar. Those dates belong to the currency unit's history, not to this exact character form.

The width-specific character comes from East Asian text-encoding conventions: in grid layouts, fullwidth punctuation fills the same horizontal cell as other fullwidth characters.

Why is this cent sign fullwidth?

It fills a fullwidth cell to keep text aligned. Unicode pairs ￠ with ¢ as width-compatible forms. NFKC is Unicode compatibility normalization: it folds ￠ to ¢. The money meaning remains, but the exact character and its width change.

Neutral currency notation; the wider form signals a text-layout choice.

It is still a cent sign; width alone does not mark another currency.

Don't confuse it with

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¢
Cent Sign
The ordinary-width cent sign; it has the same monetary reading but takes less horizontal space.
₵
Cedi Sign
Ghana's cedi sign: a different currency sign with a similar crossed-C outline.

Questions people ask

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Will NFKC turn ￠ into ¢?

Yes. NFKC is Unicode compatibility normalization; it maps this fullwidth character to ¢. The cent meaning stays, but the stored character changes.

How to type ￠

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType FFE0, then Alt+X to get ￠.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “fullwidth cent sign”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType ffe0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
￠
CSS
\FFE0
Character map or Unicode input
Use your editor's or operating system's character map or Unicode-entry feature; keyboard commands vary by system.
Japanese legacy conversion
A Fujitsu manual checked on 2026-09-14 maps Japan's JIS encoding to ¢ and Windows conversion to ￠; tables differ, so check the result.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
￠
HTML hex
￠
CSS content
content: "\FFE0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EF%BF%A0
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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