U+0024 · Basic Latin

Dollar Sign $

The dollar sign marks amounts in US, Canadian, Australian, and many other dollars, and it is also used for pesos and other currencies descended from the Spanish peso. Outside finance it has a busy second life in computing: shell variables, PHP and Perl variable names, jQuery, regular-expression end anchors, and absolute cell references in spreadsheet formulas all rely on it.

UnicodeU+0024

HTML&dollar;

$U+0024

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+0024`
Decimal	`36`
HTML named entity	`&dollar;`
HTML (hex)	`$`
HTML (decimal)	`$`
CSS	`\0024`
JavaScript	`\u0024`
Python	`\u0024`
UTF-8 bytes	`24`
UTF-16	`0024`
URL-encoded	`%24`

Character details

Official name	DOLLAR SIGN
Unicode block	Basic Latin
General category	Currency Symbol (Sc)
SymbolHero category	Currency Symbols
Emoji	No

How to type $

Windows

In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 0024 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “dollar sign”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “dollar sign”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 0024.

iPhone & Android

Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “dollar sign” or enter U+0024.
HTML: &dollar; or $
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(36)

Examples

Lunch special: $12.99
Total due: US$1,250.00
echo $HOME
=SUM($B$2:$B$10)

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: Often confused with the fullwidth dollar sign ＄ (U+FF04) used in East Asian text, which is wider and will not match $ in code or search.

Tip: In US and Canadian English the sign goes before the number with no space ($5), while in French Canadian usage it follows the number after a space (5 $).

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.