U+FFE1 FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN

The Unicode character U+FFE1, officially named FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Half And Full Forms block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane.

Categorized technically as a Currency Symbol, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is Unknown and has fullwidth in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Unknown character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.