¥

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Did this symbol originate in Japan, China, or some western country?”)

Symbol

¥

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

Derived terms

• CN¥
• JP¥

See also

• (yen): 円
• (yuan): 元, 圓 / 圆

Currency signs

• ؋‎ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• – cifrão
• $ – dollar sign
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ - dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin, guilder, or gulden
• ₲ – guarani

• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₾ – lari
• ₺ – 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

• 𐆚 – as
• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – ECU (European Currency Unit)
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• 𐆖 – denarius
• ₯ – drachma

• ₣ – French franc
• ₤ – Italian lira
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark

• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• ₷ – spesmilo
• – old Israeli shekel