₩
Won Sign
- Unicode
- U+20A9
- Category
- Currency
- HTML Entity
- ₩
- CSS
- \20A9
The Won sign (₩) is a currency symbol used to represent both the South Korean won and the North Korean won. Typographically designed as a capital letter "W" intersected by two horizontal strokes, it is an essential character in global finance, e-commerce, and currency exchange. You will frequently encounter it on travel blogs, retail websites, and in discussions surrounding Korean culture and economics.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+8361 or Win+. then search "won"
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "won"
- Linux
- Compose + = + W
- HTML
- ₩
In Programming
The Won sign is primarily used in software localization and e-commerce platforms to display pricing, often formatted dynamically using currency APIs like JavaScript's Intl.NumberFormat.
Tags
Asian currency
K-pop finance
KPW
KRW symbol
Korean currency sign
Korean won symbol
North Korean won
South Korean money
currency
double stroke W
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korea
krw
money
won