How to Make a Cent Symbol On Android

Rob Leung

The cent symbol (¢) can be found on the Android and iPhone keyboards.

In this article, we will outline the steps to make a cent sign using your Google Gboard keyboard app, the default keyboard for the Google Pixel range, and Android phones. Without further ado, here are the steps to find the cent symbol (¢) on your Android phone.

How to Make a Cent Symbol Text (¢) On Android

Cent Symbol Android Keyboard

To make a Cent Symbol Text (¢) on an Android phone, follow the steps on your phone’s keyboard below:

  1. Tap ?123
  2. Tap =\<
  3. You will see many symbols. Find the cent symbol (¢) in between the British Pound and Euro symbols. 

How to Copy and Paste Cent Symbol Text

In case you would like to save time and copy and pastecent Symbol (¢), click on the text below. It will copy the content to your clipboard, from which you can choose where to paste it.

To copy and paste the cent symbol text, click the text below and copy it on your keyboard.

[copy text=”Copy ¢” content=”¢”] [copy text=”Click here” content=”¢”]

 

How to Make a Cent Symbol Emoji On Android

Right now, there isn’t an emoji for the cent symbol. You’ll need to use the cent symbol as text. If you type “money,” there’s a coin emoji, but it’s not the same as the cent symbol.

What Does the Cent Symbol Mean?

The cent symbol (¢) represents a unit of currency used in various countries, often as a subunit of the primary currency. Its most common uses include:

  1. Currency: In some monetary systems, the cent is a fractional monetary unit equal to 1/100 of the primary currency unit. For example, in the United States, one cent equals 1/100 of a dollar.
  2. Pricing: It shows prices or costs as parts of the main currency. For example, $0.25 is also written as 25 cents (25¢).
  3. Financial Transactions: The cent symbol is used in financial documents, transactions, and accounting to indicate fractional amounts of a currency.
  4. Music: A cent is a musical unit used to measure intervals. In the twelve-tone system, an octave is divided into 12 semitones, each containing 100 cents. Cents help express small intervals, check tuning, and compare intervals in various tuning methods. 

The cent symbol represents a fraction of the primary currency unit and is commonly used for pricing and financial representation in various countries. It also has uses in music.