¥

See also: Ɏ, Y, ￥, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

¥ U+00A5, ¥
YEN SIGN
← ¤
[U+00A4] 		Latin-1 Supplement ¦ →
[U+00A6]
￥ U+FFE5, ￥
FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN
← ￤
[U+FFE4] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￦ →
[U+FFE6]

Translingual

Description

A capital letter Y, crossed by one or two horizontal lines.

Etymology

Symbol

¥

  1. The symbol for yen, the currency of Japan
  2. The symbol for the yuan, the currency of China

Derived terms

See also

Currency signs

  • ₾ – lari
  • ₴ – hryvnia
  • ₭ – kip
  • ₺ – Turkish lira
  • ₼ – manat
  • ₥ – mill
  • ₦ – naira
  • ₱ – Philippine peso
  • £ – pound
  • ﷼‎ – rial or riyal
  • ៛ – riel
  • ރ – rufiyaa
  • ₽ – ruble
  • ₨ – rupee
  • ௹ – rupee
  • ₹ – Indian rupee
  • ৲ or ৳ – taka
  • ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
  • ₪ – new shekel
  • ₸ – tenge
  • ₮ – tugrik
  • ₩ – won
  • ¥ – yen or yuan

Formerly used currency signs

  • ₳ – austral
  • ₠ – ECU (European Currency Unit)
  • ₢ – cruzeiro
  • ₯ – drachma
  • ₣ – French franc
  • ₤ – Italian lira
  • ₶ – livre tournois
  • ℳ – mark
  • ₧ – peseta
  • ₰ – pfennig
  • ₷ – spesmilo
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