Latin Capital Letter B With Stroke

A symbol from the Currency Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: Ƀ
Unicode: U+0243
HTML entity: Ƀ
Category: Currency Symbols

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About the latin capital letter b with stroke symbol

Identified as the Latin Capital Letter B With Stroke, this specific character belongs to the Latin Extended B block. Despite its name classifying it as a capital letter, its general category is defined as a lowercase letter within technical specifications. It features a horizontal bar through the upper stem of the letter B, a modification used in various linguistic systems to distinguish specific phonetic values.

This character is primarily categorized among currency symbols on this site because it serves as a common stylistic shorthand for Bitcoin in digital finance and social posts. Beyond crypto-asset contexts, it appears in certain transcriptions of the Kanuri language and was historically utilized in modern Vietnamese orthography before it was phased out. It is also occasionally found in phonetic notation to represent a voiced bilabial fricative in specialized linguistics literature.

How to type Latin Capital Letter B With Stroke

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 0243 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 0243.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.