Translingual[edit]
Description[edit]
A capital letter Y, crossed by one or two horizontal lines.
Etymology[edit]
The two lines represent the other two letters in the word 'yen'. Attested first in 1903, originated in the West.
¥
- The symbol for yen, the currency of Japan
- The symbol for the yuan, the currency of China
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (yen): 円
- (yuan): 元, 圓 / 圆
Currency signs
- ؋ – afghani
- ฿ – baht
- ₿ – bitcoin
- ¢ – cent
- ₡ – colón
- ₵ – cedi
– cifrão- Ð – dogecoin
- $ – dollar sign
- ₫ – dong
- ֏ – dram
- Ξ – ether
- € – 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, tether
- ₩ – 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
