Yen Yuan symbol
Type :jpy: · Currency
Unicode name Yen Sign · Latin-1 Supplement block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ¥ is for
Serves both the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, which is why the name carries two currencies. China also writes the yuan as 元 or 圆 in domestic contexts, with this sign appearing mainly in international pricing.
How to type ¥
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macOS
Option + Y
Windows
Alt + 0165
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Shortcodes
:jpy: :yen_yuan: On the web
HTML ¥
Unicode U+00A5
JavaScript '\u{00A5}'
CSS "\00A5"
Python '\u00A5'
URL %C2%A5
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