Peso Sign
Part of Currency
Peso Sign has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ₱
- Unicode
- U+20B1
About this symbol
The peso sign, a P with two horizontal strokes, is used for the Philippine peso. Most other pesos, in Mexico, Argentina and elsewhere, use the dollar sign $ instead, which itself is thought to have grown from an abbreviation for pesos.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- PESO SIGN
- Also called
- Filipino peso sign
- Type
- Currency symbol
- Unicode block
- Currency Symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 3.2 (2002)
- Unicode notes
- Philippines
- Extant and discontinued Latin-American peso currencies (Mexican, Chilean, Colombian, etc.) use the dollar sign
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Currency chart for related characters.