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Yen Symbol
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18 yen and yuan signs. Tap any value to copy it.
18 yen and yuan signs. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
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U+00A5. One character serves both the yen and the yuan. Alt+157 or Alt+0165, Option+Y, ¥ for a web page, \textyen for LaTeX text, and Compose, Y, = where a Compose key exists.
Made of U+00A5 and the digits 100. In Latin-script text the sign usually stands before the amount.
U+FFE5. The sign as wide as a Chinese or Japanese character. Chinese pinyin input methods give this form when the $ key is pressed. It has no Alt code.
U+5186. The kanji that Japanese writes for yen. It follows the number: 50円.
U+5143. The Chinese character for yuan, the base unit of the renminbi. It follows the number too: 50元.
Made of U+004A, U+0050 and U+00A5. The country letters JP in front say that the amount is in Japanese yen.
Made of U+0043, U+004E and U+00A5. The letters CN mark the amount as Chinese yuan.
U+5706. A second character that Chinese prices use for the yuan, as in 50圆.
U+5713. The traditional form of the same character, one of several that East Asian writing has for these currencies.
U+3350. Three katakana, ユアン, squeezed into the room of a single character: how older Japanese type set the name of China's money.
Three capitals from the ISO 4217 list: JP is Japan's country code and Y is for yen.
The matching letters for the renminbi: CN is China's country code and Y is for yuan.
An abbreviation of renminbi, and not an ISO code: the ISO code is CNY.
U+1F4B4. Paper money printed with ¥, which CLDR calls yen banknote. The dollar, the euro and the pound have a banknote emoji each as well.
U+1F4B9. A zigzag heading upward beside a ¥. Emoji lists file it under money, next to the banknotes, and no other currency has one.
U+005C. The backslash, on the keyboard. Fonts made for Japanese draw this code as a yen sign, so a file path there can read C:¥ while the character stays a backslash.
U+04B0. A capital of Kazakh Cyrillic whose small form is ұ. Unicode points to it from ¥ as a shape that may be confused with it.
U+024E. Y with a single stroke, a capital of the extended Latin alphabet; its small partner is ɏ. The second letter Unicode points to from ¥.
The yen symbol is ¥, Yen sign, U+00A5: a capital Y crossed by one or two bars. The same character is the yuan symbol of Chinese money, the renminbi or RMB. Alt+157 types it on a number pad.
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One sign, two currencies
In Latin-script text ¥ stands for the Japanese yen and for the Chinese yuan, so the yen and yuan symbol is one character; JP¥ and CN¥ tell the two apart. In Japanese the kanji 円 follows the amount. The Chinese character for the yuan is 元 or 圆.
How to type the yen symbol
On a number pad, Alt+157 or Alt+0165. On the U.S. keyboard layout, Option+Y: no key gives ¥ without Option, so that is the keyboard shortcut. With a Compose key: Compose, Y, =. In a web page: ¥.
Fonts made for Japanese draw the backslash code as ¥, so a file path there can read C:¥.
RMB is short for renminbi and is not an ISO code; the currency code is CNY.
Questions and answers
What does the yen symbol look like?
A capital Y with one or two horizontal bars across its stem: ¥. Unicode notes that a font may draw one crossbar or two, and that Japan's and China's official symbol has two.
Does the yen sign come before the number?
Usually, yes: ¥50. Where does the yen symbol go in Japanese or Chinese text? There the native character is written in its place, after the amount: 50円 in Japan, 50元 or 50圆 in China.
What is the Chinese currency symbol?
¥, the same character as the yen sign: Unicode also names U+00A5 the yuan sign. Chinese money is the renminbi and its unit is the yuan. Where a China currency sign must not be read as yen, CN¥ is written.
What is the yen alt code?
Alt+157 on the number pad, or Alt+0165 with the zero in front. In Unicode the yen sign is U+00A5. The wide form ￥ is U+FFE5 and has no Alt code.
Is there a yen emoji?
Two emoji carry the sign: 💴, Banknote with yen sign, and 💹, Chart with upwards trend and yen sign. Both were added in Unicode 6.0, in 2010.
All 18 yen and yuan signs
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￥Fullwidth yen signU+FFE5. The sign as wide as a Chinese or Japanese character. Chinese pinyin input methods give this form when the $ key is pressed. It has no Alt code.
円Yen in kanjiU+5186. The kanji that Japanese writes for yen. It follows the number: 50円.
¥Yen signU+00A5. One character serves both the yen and the yuan. Alt+157 or Alt+0165, Option+Y, ¥ for a web page, \textyen for LaTeX text, and Compose, Y, = where a Compose key exists.
¥100Yen sign before the amountMade of U+00A5 and the digits 100. In Latin-script text the sign usually stands before the amount.
JP¥Yen sign marked for JapanMade of U+004A, U+0050 and U+00A5. The country letters JP in front say that the amount is in Japanese yen.
元Yuan in Chinese charactersU+5143. The Chinese character for yuan, the base unit of the renminbi. It follows the number too: 50元.
CN¥Yuan sign marked for ChinaMade of U+0043, U+004E and U+00A5. The letters CN mark the amount as Chinese yuan.
Show all 18 yen and yuan signs (11 more)
Yen signs in Unicode 3
💴Banknote with yen signU+1F4B4. Paper money printed with ¥, which CLDR calls yen banknote. The dollar, the euro and the pound have a banknote emoji each as well.
💹Chart with upwards trend and yen signU+1F4B9. A zigzag heading upward beside a ¥. Emoji lists file it under money, next to the banknotes, and no other currency has one.
㍐Square yuanU+3350. Three katakana, ユアン, squeezed into the room of a single character: how older Japanese type set the name of China's money.
In Japanese and Chinese writing 2
圆Yuan, the simplified round characterU+5706. A second character that Chinese prices use for the yuan, as in 50圆.
圓Yuan, the traditional round characterU+5713. The traditional form of the same character, one of several that East Asian writing has for these currencies.
Codes and letters 3
CNYCNY, the code of the yuanThe matching letters for the renminbi: CN is China's country code and Y is for yuan.
JPYJPY, the code of the yenThree capitals from the ISO 4217 list: JP is Japan's country code and Y is for yen.
RMBRMB, short for renminbiAn abbreviation of renminbi, and not an ISO code: the ISO code is CNY.
Not a yen sign 3
ҰCyrillic capital letter straight u with strokeU+04B0. A capital of Kazakh Cyrillic whose small form is ұ. Unicode points to it from ¥ as a shape that may be confused with it.
ɎLatin capital letter y with strokeU+024E. Y with a single stroke, a capital of the extended Latin alphabet; its small partner is ɏ. The second letter Unicode points to from ¥.
\Reverse solidusU+005C. The backslash, on the keyboard. Fonts made for Japanese draw this code as a yen sign, so a file path there can read C:¥ while the character stays a backslash.