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£ - pound sign (U+00A3), pound sterling, Irish punt, lira, etc.; not to be confused with the unit of weight; glyph may have one or two crossbars, in distinction from ₤ (U+20A4). Article “£” in Korean Wikipedia has 30 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 19 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Korean) language version.

Since the creation of article “£”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Korean Wikipedia and edited by 559 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 127 times in Korean Wikipedia and cited 2993 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Korean): #3986 in February 2007
• Global: #23125 in July 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Korean): #2422 in January 2014
• Global: #14950 in October 2013

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Pound sign		46.7394
2	Russian (ru) Символ фунта		34.9163
3	Korean (ko) £		30.0138
4	Arabic (ar) إشارة الجنيه		22.9802
5	Persian (fa) نماد پوند		22.6242
6	Catalan (ca) Símbol de la lliura		21.5458
7	German (de) £		19.5354
8	Spanish (es) £		17.5555
9	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		14.5693
10	Chinese (zh) £		11.3064

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "£" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Pound sign		7 694 163
2	German (de) £		609 902
3	Russian (ru) Символ фунта		560 980
4	Japanese (ja) £		400 903
5	Chinese (zh) £		323 800
6	Spanish (es) £		320 771
7	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		265 993
8	Korean (ko) £		174 674
9	Hungarian (hu) Fontjel		120 904
10	Swedish (sv) Pundtecken		95 293

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "£" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Pound sign		24 569
2	Russian (ru) Символ фунта		1 905
3	Chinese (zh) £		1 043
4	Spanish (es) £		1 033
5	German (de) £		855
6	Korean (ko) £		691
7	Simple English (simple) Pound sign		496
8	Japanese (ja) £		383
9	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		370
10	Turkish (tr) Pound simgesi		314

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "£" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Pound sign		274
2	German (de) £		68
3	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		44
4	Russian (ru) Символ фунта		34
5	Spanish (es) £		20
6	Hungarian (hu) Fontjel		19
7	Japanese (ja) £		16
8	Danish (da) Pundtegn		15
9	Swedish (sv) Pundtecken		14
10	Chinese (zh) £		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "£" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) إشارة الجنيه		2
2	Azerbaijani (az) ₤		0
3	Catalan (ca) Símbol de la lliura		0
4	Danish (da) Pundtegn		0
5	German (de) £		0
6	English (en) Pound sign		0
7	Spanish (es) £		0
8	Persian (fa) نماد پوند		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Fontjel		0
10	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "£" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Pound sign		979
2	Russian (ru) Символ фунта		330
3	Japanese (ja) £		227
4	Chinese (zh) £		205
5	Spanish (es) £		191
6	Italian (it) Simbolo della sterlina		190
7	Persian (fa) نماد پوند		173
8	German (de) £		163
9	Korean (ko) £		127
10	Arabic (ar) إشارة الجنيه		119

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic إشارة الجنيه
az	Azerbaijani ₤
ca	Catalan Símbol de la lliura
da	Danish Pundtegn
de	German £
en	English Pound sign
es	Spanish £
fa	Persian نماد پوند
hu	Hungarian Fontjel
it	Italian Simbolo della sterlina
ja	Japanese £
ko	Korean £
ms	Malay Tanda paun
no	Norwegian Pundtegn
ru	Russian Символ фунта
simple	Simple English Pound sign
sv	Swedish Pundtecken
tr	Turkish Pound simgesi
zh	Chinese £

Best Rank

Korean: #2422 01.2014

Global: #14950 10.2013

Best Rank

Korean: #3986 02.2007

Global: #23125 07.2023

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