L B Bar Symbol
Part of Math Symbols
L B Bar Symbol 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+2114
About this symbol
℔, an l and b with a bar across, abbreviates libra, the Latin word for a pound in weight, which is why a pound is written lb. Scribes struck a line through the letters to show they were an abbreviation, and one theory says that, written quickly, the sign turned into #, which is why Americans call # the pound sign.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- L B BAR SYMBOL
- Also called
- Pounds
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Letterlike Symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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