Euro Symbol on Keyboard

Copy €, or read which keys type it: AltGr+E, AltGr+4, Alt+0128 or Option+Shift+2.

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18 euro signs and strings. Tap any value to copy it.

18 euro signs and strings. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character	Name	Code point	Alt code	Option keys	HTML	LaTeX
	U+20AC. The sign of the euro. Alt+0128 on a number pad, with the zero, or Option+Shift+2 on the U.S. layout; € in HTML. Most keyboards used in Europe print it on a key and type it with AltGr.
	Made of U+20AC, U+0031 and U+0030. The sign first and no space: the order English uses.
	Made of U+0031, U+0030 and U+20AC. The amount first: the order of most other European languages, which often put a space between the two.
	Made of U+0045, U+0055 and U+0052. Three capital letters: the ISO code of the euro, used for amounts written without the sign.
	U+1F4B6. An emoji of a banknote that carries the euro sign. Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010).
	U+20A0. Not the euro. Unicode's notes: meant for the ECU but little used; a historical character. It has been in Unicode since version 1.1 (1993); the euro sign came in Unicode 2.1 (1998).
	U+0404. A letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, not a currency sign. The euro sign is crossed by two lines.
	U+0454. The small form of the Ukrainian letter above.
	U+2208. A math sign, not a currency sign: it says that one thing belongs to a set.
	U+220A. The same set sign of math in a small size.
	U+03F5. A form of the Greek letter epsilon. Unicode's other name: straight epsilon. The euro sign is based on epsilon, with two bars added.
	U+0190. A Latin letter, not a currency sign. Unicode also names it capital epsilon.
	U+2107. A math symbol, not a currency sign. Unicode cross-refers it to the Latin capital E.
	U+20A1. The sign of another currency. Unicode's note: Costa Rica, El Salvador.
	U+00A3. The pound sign of British money.
	U+20A3. Unicode's note: France. Unicode cross-refers it to the Latin capital F with stroke.
	U+20A7. Unicode's note: Spain. Alt+158 on a number pad.
	U+20AF. Unicode's note: Greece. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).

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How it works

The euro symbol on a keyboard depends on the layout. Most keyboards used in Europe print € on a key and type it with AltGr. A U.S. keyboard has no € key, so it takes a code or a copy.

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Which keys type the euro sign

German, French and Dutch layouts: AltGr and E. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (Portugal) layouts: AltGr and E, or AltGr and 5. UK layout: AltGr and 4. AltGr is the Alt key right of the space bar; Ctrl and Alt together do the same. The U.S. layout has no euro key: use Alt+0128 on the number pad, or Option+Shift+2.

What the sign is

€ is based on the Greek letter epsilon, for the first letter of Europe, crossed by two parallel lines. Its design was shown to the public on 12 December 1996.

EUR is the ISO code of the euro, for amounts written without the sign.
With a Compose key, press Compose, then C, then = for €.

Questions and answers

How do you get the euro symbol on a keyboard?

On a keyboard that prints € on a key, hold AltGr and press that key: E on German and French layouts, 4 on the UK one. On a U.S. keyboard, hold Alt and type 0128 on the number pad.

What is the euro symbol alt code?

Alt+0128, typed on the number pad with the zero. Without the zero, Alt+128 is read from code page 437 and types Ç. The euro alt code has no short form, because that table has no euro sign.

Does the euro sign go before or after the amount?

Both are in use. English puts the sign in front of the amount with no space, as in €10. Most other European languages put it after the amount.

Is ₠ a euro sign?

No. ₠ is Euro-currency sign, U+20A0, which Unicode notes was intended for the ECU and is not the euro. The euro sign is €, U+20AC, added in Unicode 2.1 in 1998.

All 18 euro signs and strings

Start here 5

Banknote with euro sign U+1F4B6. An emoji of a banknote that carries the euro sign. Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010).
EUR, the code of the euro Made of U+0045, U+0055 and U+0052. Three capital letters: the ISO code of the euro, used for amounts written without the sign.
Euro sign U+20AC. The sign of the euro. Alt+0128 on a number pad, with the zero, or Option+Shift+2 on the U.S. layout; € in HTML. Most keyboards used in Europe print it on a key and type it with AltGr.
Euro sign after the amount Made of U+0031, U+0030 and U+20AC. The amount first: the order of most other European languages, which often put a space between the two.
Euro sign before the amount Made of U+20AC, U+0031 and U+0030. The sign first and no space: the order English uses.

Euro signs in Unicode 1

Euro-currency sign U+20A0. Not the euro. Unicode's notes: meant for the ECU but little used; a historical character. It has been in Unicode since version 1.1 (1993); the euro sign came in Unicode 2.1 (1998).

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Not a euro sign 8

Colon sign U+20A1. The sign of another currency. Unicode's note: Costa Rica, El Salvador.
Cyrillic capital letter Ukrainian ie U+0404. A letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, not a currency sign. The euro sign is crossed by two lines.
Cyrillic small letter Ukrainian ie U+0454. The small form of the Ukrainian letter above.
Element of U+2208. A math sign, not a currency sign: it says that one thing belongs to a set.
Euler constant U+2107. A math symbol, not a currency sign. Unicode cross-refers it to the Latin capital E.
Greek lunate epsilon symbol U+03F5. A form of the Greek letter epsilon. Unicode's other name: straight epsilon. The euro sign is based on epsilon, with two bars added.
Latin capital letter open e U+0190. A Latin letter, not a currency sign. Unicode also names it capital epsilon.
Small element of U+220A. The same set sign of math in a small size.

Other money signs 4

Drachma sign U+20AF. Unicode's note: Greece. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
French franc sign U+20A3. Unicode's note: France. Unicode cross-refers it to the Latin capital F with stroke.
Peseta sign U+20A7. Unicode's note: Spain. Alt+158 on a number pad.
Pound sign U+00A3. The pound sign of British money.

How this list was compiled: Names, and the code points they belong to, are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), printed in sentence case. Other names, notes and cross-references are from NamesList.txt of the same version (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt); the version a character was added in is from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), and the years are from https://www.unicode.org/history/publicationdates.html. Alt codes are from the code page 437 table (https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP437.TXT) and the code page 1252 table (https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1252.TXT). Option keys are those of the U.S. keyboard layout as the Unicode CLDR project records it (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/release-42/keyboards/osx/en-t-k0-osx.xml); other layouts differ. HTML entity names are from https://html.spec.whatwg.org/entities.json. LaTeX commands are listed only when LaTeX's own fontdef.dtx or ltoutenc.dtx (https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/tree/develop/base) defines them. A cell is empty where no such method exists. The euro signs are the three characters whose Unicode name holds the word EURO, found by a search of UnicodeData.txt. Which key types the sign on each keyboard layout is read from the layout records of the Unicode CLDR project (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/tree/release-42/keyboards/windows: the German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), United Kingdom and US files), where AltGr is the right Alt key, or Ctrl and Alt together. The design of the sign and the code EUR: https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/euro/design_en. The date the design was shown, the sign before or after the amount, and the sign on keyboards used in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_sign (CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in this site's own words). All read on 2 October 2026. The made rows state no price. Left out: the other currency signs, which are on the cent sign page. The Start here group, the look-alikes and the order are this site's own choice. Licence: own work (facts from the Unicode Character Database, Unicode License v3, and from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in this site's own words; aliases and notes marked as Unicode's are quoted from NamesList.txt, Copyright © 1991-2026 Unicode, Inc., https://www.unicode.org/license.txt)