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Character variations
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Translingual
editDescription
editA capital letter Y, crossed by one or two horizontal lines.
Etymology
editInitialism of yen or initialism of yuan. The two lines represent the other two letters in the word 'yen'. One of the earliest uses of ¥ can be found in J. Twizell Wawn’s “Japanese Municipal Government With an Account of the Administration of the City of Kobe”, published in 1899. Usage of the sign increased in the early 20th century, primarily in Western English-speaking countries, but has also become commonly used in Japan as well.
Symbol
edit¥
Derived terms
editSee also
editCurrency signs
- ؋ – afghani
- ฿ – baht
- ₿ – bitcoin
- ¢ – cent
- ₡ – colón
- ₵ – cedi
– cifrão
- $ – dollar sign
- ₫ – dong
- ֏ – dram
- € – euro
- ƒ – florin/guilder/gulden
- ₲ – guarani
- ₴ – hryvnia
- ₭ – kip
- ₾ – lari
- ₺ – Turkish lira
- ₼ – manat
- ₥ – mill
- ₦ – naira
- ₱ – Philippine peso
- £ or ₤ – pound/lira
- ﷼ – rial/riyal
- ៛ – riel
- ރ – rufiyaa
- ₽ – ruble
- ₨ – rupee
- ₹ – Indian rupee
- ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
- ௹ – rupee (in Tamil)
- 𞱱 – rupee (in Urdu)
- ₪ – new shekel
- ⃀ – som
- ৲ or ৳ – taka
- ₸ – tenge
- ₮ – tugrik, tether
- ₩ – won
- ¥ – yen/yuan
Formerly used currency signs